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1、PartTwoBackgroundInformationENTERI.AuthorsII.WoodrowWilsonIII.ZimmermanNoteBackgroundInformationContentsThepresenttextisbasedontheintroductiontoabookentitledConflictandConsensusinModernAmericanHistoryeditedbyAllenF.DavisandHaroldD.Woodman,professorsatTempleUniversityandPurdueUniv
2、ersityrespectively,whoalsowrotetheintroduction.AuthorsTheendofAuthors.WoodrowWilsonTobecontinuedonthenextpage.WoodrowWilson(1856-1924),America’s28thpresident(1913-1921),wasaprofessoroflaw,thepresidentofPrincetonUniversity,andthegovernorofNewJerseybeforehewaselectedtotheWhiteHouse
3、.WhenWoodrowWilsontookoffice,hefacedeconomiccrisis,democraticdecay,andaworldatwar.Meetingthosechallengeswithprogressiveideasandhigh-mindedideals,hereinventedthepresidency,craftingavibrantlegacythathasdefinedthepowersandresponsibilitiesofeverypresidenttothisday.TheendofWoodrowWils
4、on.WoodrowWilsonIII.ZimmermanNoteTobecontinuedonthenextpage.TheZimmermanNotewasacommuniquéauthoredbyGermanForeignSecretaryArthurZimmermanandinterceptedbyAmericanIntelligence.ThenotehadbeendesignedtoenticeMexicointodeclaringwaragainsttheUnitedStatesshouldtheU.S.declarewaronGermany
5、.Asareward,MexicowouldthenreceiveArizona,NewMexico,andTexasafterthewar.III.ZimmermanNoteFulltextofTheZimmermannTelegram:OnthefirstofFebruaryweintendtobeginsubmarinewarfareunrestricted.Inspiteofthis,itisourintentiontoendeavortokeepneutraltheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Ifthisattemptisnot
6、successful,weproposeanallianceonthefollowingbasiswithMexico:Thatweshallmakewartogetherandtogethermakepeace.Weshallgivegeneralfinancialsupport,anditisunderstoodthatMexicoistoreconquerthelostterritoryinNewMexico,Texas,andArizona.Thedetailsarelefttoyouforsettlement.Tobecontinuedonth
7、enextpage.III.ZimmermanNoteYouareinstructedtoinformthePresidentofMexicooftheaboveinthegreatestconfidenceassoonasitiscertainthattherewillbeanoutbreakofwarwiththeUnitedStatesandsuggestthatthePresidentofMexico,onhisowninitiative,shouldcommunicatewithJapansuggestingadherenceatoncetot
8、hisplan;atthesametime,offertomediatebetw
