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World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
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1914–1918 global conflict
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Walter Hines Page
American journalist, publisher, and diplomat (1855–1918)
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Zimmermann telegram
1917 German alliance proposal to Mexico
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U.S. state
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Texas
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