In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 26 September 1939 No. 60g.Kdos reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin in the past days the first British transport of war stores was (being) unloaded in Turkish harbours. Several sources mentioned about 6,000 tons, partly for the navy regarded the harbours where the cargoes were unloaded. The transport consisted of guns, ammunition, light tanks, trucks, artillery trucks, aircraft engines and parts and so on. It could not be confirmed that the guns numbered 10-14 of the 20,3cm calibre.
Source
Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for Turkey, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.
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