In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 17 February 1940 No. 758 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 on 12 February that the French intended to charter more Turkish merchant ships above the 7 ships with a total tonnage of around 34,000 tons already in charter. The shipowners however were somewhat unwilling while they wanted that all off their ships were chartered and out of their control.
Source
Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for Turkey, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.
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