Question

this about the zimmermann telegram:
ever before or since has so much turned upon the solution of a secret message.\ by the time the war ended, the united states military recognized that it could no longer rely on other nations to provide it with crucial intelligence. nor could it continue with the limited intelligence operations that it had established. although world war ii was more than twenty years in the future, the u.s. military was set on a course of developing a comprehensive intelligence network. following world war i, the u.s. decided to develop what element of their military? naval department relations with mexico and canada intelligence network relations with germany copyright: the dark game. copyright © 2010 by paul b. janeczko. reproduced by permission of the publisher, candlewick press, somerville, ma. x edgenuity copyright © by edgenuity. all rights reserved. no part of this work may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or stored in a without the prior written permission of edgenuity.

Explanation:

The text states that after World War I, the U.S. military recognized it needed to develop a comprehensive intelligence network due to limitations in relying on other nations for intelligence and the inadequacy of its existing intelligence operations.

Answer:

C. intelligence network