American cargo ship Cold Harbour loaded with cork for Ukraine 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 that the American steam ship Cold Harbour of the United States Line, Baltimore loaded 910 ton cork wood at Portugal for Odessa, Ukraine on behalf of the Russian Organisation Techniprom-Import, Moscow, Russia for 21 US dollars/ton.

Source

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