Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The American Republics, Volume V

740.0011 European War 1939/1219: Telegram

The Minister in Uruguay ( Wilson ) to the Secretary of State

Montevideo [undated].
[Received December 17, 1939—6:30 p.m.]

Graf Spee blown up 7:55 o’clock, 7 miles off shore, both magazine groups exploded.

Wilson