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Show Uruguay to Build Base To Aid American Defense MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY. Early construction of a base for landplanes and seaplanes that would have full command of the vital Rio de la Plata mouth and be available for United States use in the event of war is reported planned by Uruguay. The base, informed sources said, would include a strip of land facing the Atlantic, which would be used by landplanes, and Laguna Negra for seaplanes and flying boats. Part of the cost, these sources said, would be met from the $17,-500.000 $17,-500.000 obtained recently from the United States for national defense. |