To "distract" the US from entering WW1. Such proposal was however, discovered by British intelligence forces and forwarded to the United States, hastening the entry of the United States into WW1, against Germany.
Mexico
Germany was interested in becomes allied with Mexico. Germany promised Mexico territory it lost during the Mexican-American war (Texas, Utah, parts of California) should they form an alliance.
The Zimmerman note contained a suggestion of an alliance between Mexico and Germany. This note was intercepted and when it was read, it angered the American people.
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Zimmerman Telegram
Germany and Mexico
The Tripartite Pact was signed in Berlin, Germany on 27 September 1940.
Germany's proposal that upon an alliance with Mexico, it would ensure the return of Mexican land lost to the United States.
In 1917.
The Zimmerman Telegram.
World War 1
The basis of the German-Mexican alliance was that Germany was to help Mexico regain the lands lost to the United States