Four Year Plan
Faced with problems in the Four Year Plan, Göring had become the loudest voice in Germany, calling for an "Anschluss", even at the risk of losing an alliance with Italy. In April 1937, in a secret speech before a group of German industrialists, Göring stated that the only solution to the problems with meeting the steel production targets laid out by the Four Year Plan was to annex Austria, which Göring noted was rich in iron. Göring did not give a date for the "Anschluss", but given that Four Year Plan's targets all had to be met by September 1940, and the current problems with meeting the steel production targets, suggested that he wanted an "Anschluss" in the very near-future.