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In response to
"I'm sure there was some intrigue at this level at some point in the history but I'd be hard pressed to think of the modern equivalent..."
by
Mel Profit
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Not great comparisons, but the release of the Zimmerman telegram in 1917 encouraged US entry into WW1, after three years of non-interventionism.
Posted by
Roger One (aka Rogermore)
Dec 14 '16, 21:08
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Similarly the British were lobbying FDR to fight German expansionism while Germany was lobbying for an isolationist policy, which impacted the 1940 elections.
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