The American Military Attaché Sweden wrote in his report dated 1 April 1927 No. 352 that the old rumor that the Soviet Union and Germany had a secret agreement for delivering submarines was still alive. When Germany was forced after the First World War to reduce her naval strength she delivered 8 or 10 submarines each of 489-510 tons to the Soviet Union. Until now their station was kept secret and the crews were all member of the G.P.U. (Tjecka).(1)
Note
1. Cheka was a Boshevik secret police (intelligence) service founded of 20 December 1917, dissolved on 6 February 1922 and succeded by the GPU
Source
National Archive. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Series: Security Classified Correspondence and Reports. File Unit. Russia: Navy - MID 2503-16 THRU 2503-265. Roll 1443.
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