British cargo ship with war stores expected at Izmir, Turkey according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 16 December 1939

In his letter dated Istanbul,  16 December 1939 No. 547g reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland the ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea and loaded with contraband for the enemy. An item reported that according to not confirmed sources in Izmir, the arrival of a British steamship with war stores mainly aircraft was expected.

Source

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