Z is for Zimmermann Mystery Cache
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The Zimmermann telegram was a coded message sent by Arthur Zimmermann, a high-ranking official in the German government to Heinrich von Eckardt, a German ambassador stationed in Mexico. Sent on January 19, 1917, it detailed how Germany and Mexico might form a coalition against the United States at the beginning of World War I. The communique fell into the hands of the British, who were able to decode its contents and forward it on to the U.S. ambassador in Britain.
The full text of the message is as follows:
"On the first of February we intend to begin submarine warfare unrestricted. In spite of this, it is our intention to endeavor to keep neutral the United States of America.
If this attempt is not successful, we propose an alliance on the following basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make peace. We shall give general financial support, and it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. The details are left to you for settlement.
You are instructed to inform the President of Mexico of the above in the greatest confidence as soon as it is certain that there will be an outbreak of war with the United States and suggest that the President of Mexico, on his own initiative, should communicate with Japan suggesting adherence at once to this plan; at the same time, offer to mediate between Germany and Japan.
Please call to the attention of the President of Mexico that the employment of ruthless submarine warfare now promises to compel England to make peace in a few months.
Zimmerman"
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"The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat."--Albert Einstein
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