What happened is the gold got repatriated. I was looking for a source that a French warship docked and started loading thousands of tons of gold.
replyYour source confirms it as well:
> Involving the French Navy was considered, but that would have blown the operation’s cover. Instead, BdF used ocean liners from the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
So it was multiple trips and in commercial liners.
It's something that sounds like a plot point for a heist movie.
replyCheck what happened to the Spanish gold before the end of the Spanish civil war. I think it would be even more dramatic movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Gold_(Spain)
replyWhich almost might have been one of the arguments the Minister of Finance used to dissuade CDG
replyYou should look into how often nuclear weapons are moved by truck.
replyYou've probably driven past more than a few.