British government leaders didn't present the Zimmermann telegram to Wilson for a few weeks. Hall reminded them that outrage was
growing in America over Germany's announcement late in the day of January 31 that the German navy would resume unrestricted submarine warfare. In fact, that policy provoked the U.S. government to cut diplomatic relations with Germany in February. Which can be inferred from the information in the excerpt?
Hall wanted to let the American outrage simmer down before revealing the contents of the telegraph.
Hall knew that growing outrage among the American public would help Britain’s cause.
Hall worried that the American public would lose interest in the contents of the telegraph.
Hall disagreed with the British government’s choice to wait before showing the telegraph to Wilson
Answer: The right answer is the B) Hall knew that growing outrage among the American public would help Britain’s cause.
Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that this significant document proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico during World War I, which Germany would "reward" by helping Mexico to recover New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. The message was sent on January 16, 1917, and the British intelligence intercepted it and deciphered it, but the British foreign office did not present it to President Wilson until February 24, in a deliberate attempt to protect the intelligence service and to influence opinion in the United States against Germany, which, as Captain Hall rightly pointed out, was growing.
