Harbour of Malta blockaded by ships which were to be examined according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 2 December 1939

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 2 December 1939 No. 491 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland that according to a statement of steamship masters the harbour of Malta was blocked by the large number of ships brought in to be examined. The British authorities seemed to be interested in using a French Nordafrican harbour as control station. The warehouses at Malta were packed by the forces unloading of cargoes of neutral steamships.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for Turkey, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.