American naval attaché at Paris, France reported in July 1942 referring to a reliable mercantile source that the Italian steamship Himalaya arrived on 6 June at Bordeuax, France loaded with 7,500 tons rubber coming in 60 days voyage from Saigon, French Indochina via the Straits of Magellan.
Source
National Archives USA. Record Group 38: Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Series: Secret Naval Attaches Reports. Estimate of potential military strength (pt.). Summaries. Reports from London, Paris, Brussels, Rome and Berlin. Roll M975-001.
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