The telegram offered the promise that if Mexico allied itse… - Arthur Herman

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The telegram offered the promise that if Mexico allied itself with Germany, then Germany would help Mexico "regain by conquest her lost territory in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico." It went even further, suggesting that Germany and Mexico also reach out to Japan, and encourage that country's defection from the Allied camp by "mediating a peace," while offering to let the Japanese join in the spoils taken from the breakup of America's presence along the Pacific.

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1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder · November 28, 2017 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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