Why did Zimmermann choose to send the message through the U.S. State Department? The German U-boat was grounded because it needed repairs. The Americans planned to enter the war and side with the Germans. The content of the message was extraordinarily important. The safest way of transmitting messages was by telegram.
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The wire had initially been sent by Zimmerman to Graf von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador in Washington, with directions to forward it on to the German Ambassador in Mexico City.
It was sent from Berlin to Washington over the U.S. State Department trans-Atlantic link, which the Americans had, as a token of companionship and affability, enabled the German Foreign Office to utilize.
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