Chapter 24

It has been mentioned that the Germans used pharmaceuticals which have a high value in proportion to bulk and weight to make up one third of the air cargoes which were flown into South America along with propaganda and other materials. Pharmaceuticals also constituted an important part of the air cargo which was carried eastward, ranking third among the materials which were flown over the blockade. One order of 10 kilos (22 pounds) of testosterone propionate, the semi-manufactured male hormone, valued at $50,000 wa…