DESPERATE FOR OIL
Italian Tankers Run Blockade
In Mediterranean
BLACK SKA PORT USELESS \ Rec. noon. LONDON. July 31. After running the Mediterranean blockade two Italian tankers, the ] Alvaro and Mayo, arrived at the Bosphorus. where they were joined by a Bulgarian minesweeper, after which they immediately sailed for Varna under German air escort. The "Daily Telegraph 7 ' Istanbul correspondent says the risks taken by these ships recall the failure of a similar attempt last month when a British submarine smashed an Italian convoy and the 5900-ton vessel. Strombo, took refuge at Istanbul. These facts suggest that, the Axis oil stocks are draining desperately low and must be increased at whatever risk. The fact that the Alvaro and Mayo are proceeding to Varna instead of Constanta is believed to corroborate the Russian statement that Constanta harbour is utterly unuseable. also that Ploesti oilfields have been wrecked and Rumanian 1 communications, seriously dislocated.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 180, 1 August 1941, Page 7
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