"Washington, Dec. 14.
The German pocket-battleship Graf Spee, now anchored at Montevideo following her clash with British cruisers, has been granted permission to stay in the port for 48 hours, according to information received by "Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, Tt is learned, however, that the Uruguayan Government may allow the "Graf Spee to stay longer than 48 hours if the commander requests it on the ground that repairs must be made.
Uruguay, it is reported, does not intend to draw the distinction made by the United States between repairs necessitated by gunfire and other causes, such as storms—Reuter.
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"Two sections of thick armour plate also were smashed in the fore part of the ship'on the starboard side and five impacts, apparently from small shells, were noted on the waterline on the portside. One of two planes on jg the ship's deck had its tail shot off and its fuselage damaged.
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