And it was also a failure of secure communications, though this time it was a combination of quasi- insider/ definite outsider threat. Those cheeky Brits, playing both ends against their middle... In January/February of 1917, World War One reached a tipping point.German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman sent a note to his Ambassador in Mexico City. The Zimmerman Telegram, which made it easier for Wilson to get Congress to declare war on Germany, after Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare. Interesting twist to the tale - as a part of his efforts to broker peace and prevent the US from being drawn into...
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