Special Relationships, Part 1/3: The Zimmermann Telegram | Historical
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How to Get Critical Information to the American People Without Triggering a Backlash
Britain had already acquired the codes, so they had done things which they didn't share with the americans because they were allies at the time. But if president wilson's pro british sympathies shielded his majesty's government from a public dressing down by the white house, the anti war media would seize on the opportunity to cast aspersions. After all, wilson's 19 16 re election had been narrowly won on the basis that he had kept america out of the war. Being seen to enter the fray on the back of biased british intelligence would be politically disastrous. And so horse ike o. I've got a problem here. I've critical information. It
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