"We have 500,000 reservists in America who would rise in arms against your government if you dare to make a move against Germany."
— Germany

January 1, 1970

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Arthur Zimmermann, to Ambassador James W. Gerard. Gerard: "I told him that we had five hundred thousand and one lamp posts in America, and that was where the German reservists would find themselves if they tried any uprising." Ambassador Gerard's answer. James W. Gerard, My Four Years in Germany, p. 237. Zimmermann telegram