Det forholdt sig snarere sådan, at konsortialbankerne — trods intensive bestræbelser fra forbundsregeringens side for at få bankerne til at påtage sig en højere selvrisiko — krævede en sikring på 80 % af kreditbeløbet i form af en garanti fra forbundsstat og delstaten Schleswig-Holstein.
Despite intensive efforts on the part of the Federal Government to induce the banks in the consortium to assume a higher proportion of the risk, the banks insisted that there had to be a deficiency guarantee from the Federal Government and the Land of Schleswig-Holstein covering 80 % of the loan.