NEW NAZI PLOT.
SEIZURE OK URUGUAY. Received August 12. 1.5 p.m. BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 11. The police have arrested Aruulf Fuhrmann, confessed author of a Nazi military plan for the seizure of Uruguay as a German colony. Uruguayan po.lico seized correspondence howing that Fuhrmann was art international leader of an anti-Semitic agitation throughout South America, also the leader of plans for armed action whenever and wherever it was desirable. A document outlining military plans for the seizure of Uruguay was found in Fuhrmann’s files. He admitted the document was in his handwriting, but claimed it was merely a joke. The German Minister at Montevideo made a statement to Uruguayan newspapers that Fuhrmann was an Argentine citizen of weak mentality and not to be taken seriously.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 217, 12 August 1940, Page 8
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125NEW NAZI PLOT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 217, 12 August 1940, Page 8
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