The news about the Zimmerman Telegram in plain text was released to the public.
Although President Woodrow Wilson had news about the telegram and it contents beforehand (February), this day was when the news and decoded version of the telegram were actually released to the public. With this being revealed to the public, citizens of America soon knew about Germany's plan with Mexico as inscribed in the telegram were messages attempting to get Mexico to ally with Germany in the war.
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