East Africa's economic and trade activities in the Adriatic Sea had been frequent, which was only natural. Aside from the Kingdom of Dalmatia, a state supported by East Africa, East Africa maintained trade relations with every country around the Adriatic Sea.
Take Germany, for instance. Germany's rise in Central and Eastern Europe had caused East Africa to lose a considerable portion of its industrial goods export market, but trade between Germany and East Africa in agricultural and mineral products remained substantial.
As for countries besides Germany—Italy, Yugoslavia, Dalmatia, Albania, Montenegro, and the like—there was even less need to elaborate.
East Africa's trade with the Adriatic Sea region and the entire Balkans was second only to its trade with Germany.
Therefore, when it came to supporting Yugoslavia, the French and the Soviets would, without prior consultation, both choose to use East African merchant ships and trading companies as cover.
There was another advantage to going through East Africa: East Africa itself was an important trading partner of both the Soviet Union and France. In French and Soviet ports, East African merchant ships and trading companies were a common sight.
Thus, the two countries could commission and hire East African merchants within their own territories to handle certain more covert matters for them.
For a time, this made East African merchant ships even busier in the Adriatic Sea.
Mostar City.
This important inland city in the south of the Kingdom of Dalmatia relaxed once again.
Following the agreement reached between the Kingdom of Dalmatia and the Yugoslav government, the railways passing through Mostar City resumed services to Yugoslavia—or rather, the former Bosnian region.
Goods from Port of Ploče were transported via the Mostar Railway to all parts of Yugoslavia.
Conversely, goods from Yugoslavia's interior once again chose Port of Ploče as