Turkey taking over cargo of British steamship Lassell including Polish aircraft according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 26 September 1939

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 29 September 1939 No. 61g.Kdos reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin that the cargo (1) of the British steamship Lassell was taken over by Turkey. On 26 September visited a Turkish commission the ship and examined the aircraft and so on. A final decision was awaited. On 29 September she was still berth without preparing to unload her cargo.

Note

1. The aircraft were originally intended for Poland.

Source

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