The dossier, an incomplete series of documents related to the deposit and administration of the gold of the Bank of Spain, was sent to Alberto Martín Artajo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and was forwarded to the Lieutenant Governor of the Bank of Spain, Jesús Rodríguez Salmones, who, without inspecting the papers, ordered them to be stored in the security vaults of the institution.
The incomplete documents concerning the gold held by the Bank of Spain were sent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and then forwarded to the Lieutenant Governor of the Bank of Spain for storage in the bank's security vaults, without a review of the contents.