Timeline Tuesday 16 January 1917

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Tuesday 16 January 1917

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Events on Tuesday 16 January 1917 1

1917 The Zimmermann Telegram Berlin, Germany Germany secretly offered Mexico an alliance and the return of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona if the United States entered the war. British intelligence intercepted and decoded it, then arranged for Washington to see it.

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