There was also a question on the ECSC loans to British Coal.

An internal investigation carried out by the company secretary discovered that £2 million of the ECSC loan was missing from the Parrot accounts.

Until then East Germany was to have "full access to the European Investment Bank, Euratom and ECSC loan facilities".

The £2 million of the ECSC loan was actually deposited in the Northern Trust Bank as collateral for the loan guarantee, a fact unknown to the WDA and the company investors.