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Definition: A 1917 proposal from Germany to Mexico to make war against the United States. [d] [e]

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This article has a couple of problems; one of which I fixed.

"Germany had designs on taking over Mexico as its satellite." Which source made this claim or is this just a slur against Germany? (It may still be a slur against Germany even with a source.)
"Mexico ... was to attack the United States on its Southwestern border and recover Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona." This is more problematic. Neither copy of the telegram here (at the US National Archives) or here (from the UK National Archives) indicates anything about what Mexico was to do. Indeed, strangely enough, the British document doesn't even mention what Mexico was to receive should Germany win the war with a Mexican alliance; only in the copy in the US archives (ostensibly the copy given to the US by British intelligence) mentions specifically US territories. Nice. So I removed this factual error from the article.
Why do all the books in the bibliography (including Link) refer to the Zimmermann (two "n's") Telegram, yet this article is titled the Zimmerman (one "n") Telegram? Russell D. Jones 12:11, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

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+This article has a couple of problems; one of which [[user:Russell D. Jones|I]] fixed.
+# "Germany had designs on taking over Mexico as its satellite."  Which source made this claim or is this just a slur against Germany? (It may still be a slur against Germany even with a source.)
+# "Mexico ... was to attack the United States on its Southwestern border and recover Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona."  This is more problematic.  Neither copy of the telegram [http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/zimmermann/index.html here (at the US National Archives)] or [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/releases/2005/highlights_oct/oct17/popup/hw_3_187_1.htm here (from the UK National Archives)] indicates anything about what Mexico was to do.  Indeed, strangely enough, the British document doesn't even mention what Mexico was to receive should Germany win the war with a Mexican alliance; only in the copy in the US archives (ostensibly the copy given to the US by British intelligence) mentions specifically US territories.  Nice.  So I removed this factual error from the article.
+# Why do all the books in the bibliography (including Link) refer to the Zimmermann (two "n's") Telegram, yet this article is titled the Zimmerman (one "n") Telegram?  [[User:Russell D. Jones|Russell D. Jones]] 12:11, 4 January 2009 (UTC)