In his letter dated Istanbul, 6 January 1940 No. 618g. 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 or chartered by the enemy. An item mentioned on 6 or 7 January the Turkish merchant ship Burhaniye looaded with 5,000 ton several seeds, grain, tobacco, mohair, hemp and so on bound for Marseille, France in French charter.
Source
Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for , Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.
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