REPORTED SAFE.
TRAVELLERS BY THE ZAMZAM.
GERMANS ALLEGE CONTRABAND.
(Rec.-11.0 a.m.) LONDON, May 20. The German radio announced, that the crew and passengers of the Egyptian steamer Zamzam are safe somewhere in occupied territory. It is claimed that the Zamzam carried contraband and was sunk in the Atlantic strictly in accordance' with the blockade operations. It added that the Zamzam carried lorries, cars and machines for British troops and De Gaulle forces. The Paris radio stated that the Zamzam was sunk hy a mine/ It is reported from Washington that tho Stato Department has cabled to the United Stated Embassy in Berlin for full details on the sinking of the Zamzam. . .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 186, 21 May 1941, Page 5
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