Bulgaria neglecting neutrality in favor of German shipping according to the Dutch newspaper De Indische courant dated 7 October 1941

An item dated Moscow, Russia 6^th referred to a Russian agency Tass news item received from Istanbul, Turkey using very reliable sources reporting that Romanian and German ships visited Bulgarian ports while Bulgaria-flagged. These ships made regularly trips between Bulgaria and Romania loaded with oil products. Furthermore were 5 German coasters under the Bulgarian flag active in Bulgarian waters. According to Tass was the Bulgarian neutrality just a farce and German war interests leading.