In any case, the Reich did its best to make the investment a low-risk gamble. Under the provisions of the ‘Law on guarantees for expansion of the raw materials industry’ (Gesetz ueber die Uebernahme von Garantien zum Ausbau der Roh-stoffwirtschaft), Keppler was empowered to provide all necessary subsidies to the new staple fibre plants. The Reich arranged to guarantee a syndicated loan under the auspices of the Dresdner Bank and provided the necessary technical expertise in the form of two leading experts, poached from IG Farben’s fibres division.
