American ship Exfort loaded with war stores arrived at Istanbul, Turkey according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 2 March 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 2 March 1940 No. 801 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 25 February the American ship Exfort which arrived here with 3 aircraft, 3 trucks, 125 ton air bombs, artillery and machine gun ammunition coming from New York to Istanbul.

Source

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