Open orders for berths and fuel for capital ships could reinforce the impression that British reinforcements were approaching. The location is corrected to Rio de Janeiro. Rio was on the route toward the River Plate, whereas Buenos Aires would have been beyond it.
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Port orders at Rio de Janeiro as a naval bluff
The location of openly requested berths and fuel mattered to the credibility of Britain's reinforcement bluff.