In his letter dated Istanbul, 9 December 1939 No. 505 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland the ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea westward bound and loaded with contraband for the enemy. An item mentioned the Dutch tanker Omala passing on 2 Decomber with 8,700 tons petrol for England. Declared for orders Gibraltar.
Source
Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for , Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.
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