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Arthur Zimmermann

German State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in 1917.

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1864–1940
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In March 1917 Zimmermann backed letting Russian revolutionaries cross Germany and asked the army for its view: see the sealed train.

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  • Lenin's sealed train State Secretary: backed the transit and asked the army for its view Primary record 1
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  1. 1864–1940 Arthur Zimmermann
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  1. Germany and the Revolution in Russia, 1915-1918: Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign Ministry, Oxford University Press, 1958. Primary record
    it was carried on, more intensively, by Zimmermann after Jagow's resignation and later by Kuhlmann
    The Secretary of State to the Minister in Copenhagen, telegram No. 250. Berlin, 6 April 1917. 'Thank you for your letter [Document No. 23]. Unfortunately Helphand had left before I could see him. Zimmermann'
    Since it is in our interests that the influence of the radical wing of the Russian revolutionaries should prevail, it would seem to me advisable to allow transit to the revolutionaries there. I would therefore support the granting of permission.
    Request discussion with High Command of the Army as to whether it might not be advisable to give charge of journey through Germany to a tactful officer with political understanding
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