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SCUTTLING OF GRAF SPEE VESSEL’S MISSION FULFILLED CAPTURES AND SINKINGS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 17 The Berlin official news agency stated that Captain Langsdorff scuttled the Admiral Graf Spee after Uruguay had refused the necessary time for repairs. The agency shortly before the scutling issued a statement saying that her mission had been fulfilled and detailed her captures and sinkings. For the first time, it admitted that superior Allied forces were awaiting the Graf Spee’s departure. The reports were given prominence in the early morning editions of the newspapers, indicating that the Nazi Government was preparing the people for her loss. Later the official news agency said: “ Herr Hitler himself ordered that the Admiral Graf Spee should be scuttled.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20991, 19 December 1939, Page 7
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125ORDERED BY HITLER Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20991, 19 December 1939, Page 7
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