The Willy-Nicky Correspondence

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The Willy-Nicky Correspondence is a phrase derived from a book by Herman Bernstein in January of 1918. The book was based on a set of telegrams that revealed the secret relations between Wilhelm II of the German Empire and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. The telegrams were originally published by Bernstein in September 1917 in the New York Herald. The dates on the telegrams show that Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II had secret personal relations from June 16, 1904 up until August 2, 1907. The emperors usually signed the telegrams with their nicknames. Both monarchs only used their formal names when either one of them was upset or distressed.

[edit] Reference

• Fay, Sidney B. "The Kaiser's Secret Negotiations with the Tsar, 1904-1905" American Historical Review 24:1, pp. 48-72. October 1918.

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