Karl von Luxburg was German

Germany

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 chargé d'affaires

Chargé d'affaires

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 at Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1917, during World War I

World War I

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Incident

In the summer of 1917, Luxburg sent secret dispatches to Berlin

Berlin

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 through the Swedish

Sweden

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 legation via Stockholm

Stockholm

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, which were made public by United States Secretary of State

United States Secretary of State

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 Robert Lansing

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. These dispatches urged that certain Argentine ships should be “spurlos versenkt” — destroyed without a trace. The publication of the documents resulted in the dismissal of Count Luxburg from Argentina, and the virtual entrance of Argentina into the war. Luxburg was also Minister to Uruguay

Uruguay

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, and on his dismissal from Argentina, he asked for a passport to Montevideo

Montevideo

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instead of to Berlin.