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1941/1945

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From: Beysglu (Bergery)
To: Vichy (Aftaires Etrangeres)
9 July 1944
FAO

No. 674-675 (2-part message complete)

I am informed by our Consul at Trabzon of the arrival
at this town on 17 June of a Russian vessel escorted by
8 armed vedette boats. After the vessel had anchored in
the roads of Trabzon, the 8 small Russian Vedette Boats
continued on their way as far as the western boundary of
the town maneuvering openly in Turkish waters, and final-
ly put out to sea again. Local opinion was very much dis-
turbed by this event.

The ship started out again the 19th after having loaded
300 tons of olives, soap and tentages intended for the U.S.
S. R.

In the night (Part 2) of the 19th-20th it was torpedoed
and sunk off Trabzon. A broadcast by London on 4 July let
it be understood that the Government of the U.S.S.R had
protested to Ankara, alleging that the vessel had been sunk
in Turkish waters. The proper local authorities, however,
seem to have established the fact that the torpedoing took
place at a point (Yabout?) 6 miles off the coast

Inter 9 Jul 44 (4)
Reed 10 Jul 44
Trans 19 Jul 44 (10134 z)
Reed 20tzawa July 25th, 1944.

Examination Unit,
National Research Council,
July 25th, 1944.

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