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Telegram from Arthur Zimmermann to Heinrich J.F. von Eckhardt

Telegram

By: Arthur Zimmermann

Date: January 16, 1917

Source: Zimmermann, Arthur. "Telegram to Heinrich J.F. von Eckhardt, 16 January 1917." Available online at http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/arch_results_detail.jsp?&pg;... ; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration home page: http://www.archives.gov (accessed January 20, 2003).

About the Author: Arthur Zimmermann (1864–1940) entered the German Foreign Office in 1902. Previously, he had been assigned to the consulate in China. Upon his recall to Germany, he landed in San Francisco. Crossing the continent by train to New York, Zimmermann was fascinated with America and considered himself an...