American merchant ship Exiria arrived in Turkey according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 12 February 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 12 February 1940 No. 729 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland the neutral ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea and loaded with contraband for or chartered by the enemy. An item reported the American merchant ship Exiria arriving on 3 February 1940 coming from New York and Philadelphia, USA about 300 ton general cargo including large aircraft crates.

Source

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