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According to the telegram what did the german government decide to begin on february 1 1917

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Germany decided to resume its unrestricted submarine warfare on February 1, 1917. The sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915 caused President Woodrow Wilson to demand that Germany stop attacking unarmed merchant ships. By September 1915 the operation of the U-boat warfare was totally suspended. The German naval commanders could not accept the decision and convinced the kaiser Wilhelm to support them in  relaunching the U-boats for warfare. 
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