ISTANBUL UNEASY
AXIS TROOP MOVEMENTS \ BULGARIAN ASSEMBLY (Pwecd. Aug. 12, noon.) LONDON, Aug. 11. Uneasiness is growing in Istanbul as reports of unusual Axis troop movements in Bulgaria and south-eastern Europe continue to ,be confirmed, says the British United Press correspondent at Istanbul. German troops from Libya, still wearing desert kit, are to be seen in large numbers in Bulgaria. The number is estimated as at least two divisions. Observers point out that Istanbul is the best port from which to launch a seaborne expedition against Sebastapol or the Crimea and to service the Axis armies across the Black Sea.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20631, 12 August 1941, Page 5
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