In his letter dated Lisbon dated 3 November 1940 No. 890 to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine wrote the German Marineattaché Portugal that according to the newspaper Diario de Lisboa, Lisbon dated 30 October that on the hull of the French passenger steamship Compiègne lying since months in Lisbon the national color s were painted. The Belgian and French refugees were forced to leave her and to seek hotels. She was with a cargo on board bound for French Morocco.
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Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché Portugal. RM 11-16
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