In his letter dated Istanbul, 9 December 1939 No. 505 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland merchant ships loaded with contraband for the enemy. An item reported that the French steamship St. Fermin unloaded her cargo of war stores at Istanbul and Derince, and went with a cargo of haselnuts and silk cocoon to Akcay and Fethiye to be loaded with 1,500 ton lead and 300 ton zin ore destined for Marseille, France. At Derince were not 15 but 30 aircraft unloaded.
Source
Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for , Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.
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