An item dated Oslo 3 February referred to tidings which could not be certified that the Soviet Union lent 14 submarines to Germany and which would serve in the North Sea with German crews and under German flag. On board seemed however to be Russian navy officers to get experienced in submarine war fare.
A second item dated London 5 February referred to a correspondent of the British newspaper Daily Telegraph in Stockholm reporting that German ships load with guns and other weapons were underway towards the Soviet Union. Further more he reported that Germany wanted to buy Soviet submarines and that the Soviet Union wanted large surface units to replace the loss of the cruiser Kirov and the two battleships damaged by Finnish coastal batteries and later during the air attack on Kronstadt. According to his sources wanted Germany to exchange one of her cruisers and probably a second warships against 15 Soviet submarines.
A second item dated London 5 February referred to a correspondent of the British newspaper Daily Telegraph in Stockholm reporting that German ships load with guns and other weapons were underway towards the Soviet Union. Further more he reported that Germany wanted to buy Soviet submarines and that the Soviet Union wanted large surface units to replace the loss of the cruiser Kirov and the two battleships damaged by Finnish coastal batteries and later during the air attack on Kronstadt. According to his sources wanted Germany to exchange one of her cruisers and probably a second warships against 15 Soviet submarines.
