Special Relationships, Part 1/3: The Zimmermann Telegram | Historical
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'Cynamon Telegram'
Blenkehall had agents in different places. One of hall's agents just happens to be very well placed to help pull the wool over the eyes of the american public. Within the german embassy in mexico city, spy was at work. His motivation money. Naturally, they bought off a very important clerk there who worked for them. So blinker, like a chess master, sacrifices a pawn in the service of a greater good. Wilson goes public with the explosive revelation, using blinker's mexican alibi. Oddly enough, it's arthur zimmerman himself who publicly admits his role in the plot. At the same time, he implores the
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