Polish merchant ships controlled by a Polish transport office at London, England 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 referred to a reliable source reporting that the former Polish merchant ships were controlled by a Polish transport office at London, England, namely Komitet, Transportowy, 63 Portland Place, London W.1., England.

Source

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