A Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) note of 1951 on INA treasures said that Netaji carried a part of these treasures with him on his ill-fated flight from Saigon to Tokyo (and) the remaining treasures were left in Saigon.
Saigon is a city in southern Vietnam famous for the pivotal role it played in the Vietnam War.
"Considerable quantities of gold and treasure were given to Subhas Chandra Bose by Indians in the Far East as part of their war effort," the document read.
Another 3 Kg 100 grams of gold mixed with molten metal iron was also recovered from the ill-fated plane, it added.
Union Culture Secretary N K Sinha today released the fifth batch of 25 declassified files relating to Bose whose disappearance over 70 years ago remains a mystery.
The present batch of 25 files consists of two files from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (1951 to 1953), 14 files from MEA (1956-2008) and nine files of the Cabinet Secretariat (1956 to 2006), which run into 2,248 pages.
The second batch of 50 files, third of 25 files and the fourth lot of 25 files were released subsequently in March, April and May respectively.
With today's release, 225 declassified files on Netaji have come into the public domain which includes nine files of the Cabinet Secretariat also.
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