article_snippet.sent: Evidence has emerged of a wartime blunder that resulted in millions of pounds of Russian bullion, supposedly bound for America, being lost in the river Clyde.
article_snippet.sent: bullion was to pay the Americans for arms shipped to Russia during one of the most crucial stages of the Second World War.
article_snippet.sent: bullion was loaded onto HMS Ulster Queen (pictured) in 1942 and was being transferred to the U.S. as payment for weapons when the case of precious metals was lost overboard .
article_snippet.sent: Leona, 61, a retired school teacher, said yesterday: 'The story about the Russian bullion is fascinating.
article_snippet.sent: the Russian bullion must be documented somewhere, but I have never been able to find out what happened afterwards.'
article_snippet.sent: This was the arrangement so that the millions could be spent in the USA to arm the Russians.' '
highlights_snippet.sent: Edinburgh engineer detailed how bullion was lost during secret mission .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Leonard H. Thomas secret diaries reveal a crate of bullion was lost while being transferred .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Leonard H. Thomas wrote a crate of bullion fell into river Clyde while being moved to another ship .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: secret mission was so secretive secret mission is not known if bullion was ever recovered .