Word: tercero
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...Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz-Guiñazu announced that the German torpedoing of the Argentine freighter Rio Tercero (TIME, July 6) was a closed incident. Argentina had demanded: 1) an apology and assurances against repetition; 2) full indemnity; 3) a German salute to the Argentine flag. Germany had agreed to the first two, but had spurned the flag salute as an obsolete diplomatic practice unwelcome to the "new Germany...
...single-stacker Rio Tercero had been churning homeward 120 miles off New York. She was torpedoed without warning, her name, home port and Argentina's colors plainly visible in the early-morning light. Four sailors were killed; another drowned later. The Rio Tercero's captain said the submarine had had the name Innsbruck and a porcupine painted on its conning tower...
Buenos Aires circles reported that Argentina's note to Germany on the Rio Tercero was stiff enough to save face, but in no way antagonistic. The Government was said to have demanded: 1) a German salute to the Argentine flag; 2) full damages and indemnities; 3) guarantees against repetition...
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