GERMAN LINER BREMEN
TRANSFERRED TO RUSSIA
[BY CABLE —PBESB ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] COPENHAMGEN, November 18. Although the Bremen last week was reported to have left Murmansk in an endeavour to reacha German port, it appears now that, she is still in harbour and, according to reports reaching Copenhagen, she has been transferred to Russian ownership. | The London “News-Chronicle” states that the transfer of the Bremen was part of the barter agreement between Russia, and Germany. The ship changed hands on November 7, the anniversary of the Russian Revolu--I°'lt is understood that Russia plans a regular service between Murmansk and New York. A high British authority recently stated that Britain was unlikely to recognise the sale of Nazi ships to neutrals. Negotiations between Russia and Britain are reported to be pi ogi essing on the latter’s attitude if the Bremen leaves territorial waters.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 November 1939, Page 7
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141GERMAN LINER BREMEN Greymouth Evening Star, 20 November 1939, Page 7
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