Dick Ellis
Dick Ellis
Charles Howard Ellis, better known as Dick Ellis, was an Australian-born British intelligence officer, who is alleged to have also been a double agent for Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. According to Nigel West the SIS believed that Ellis had been a Nazi spy. Ellis was accused by Chapman Pincher of being a traitor. During the 1980s, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's refusal to confirm or deny Pincher's allegation caused distress to the Ellis family...
across art eastern global possible possibly stolen works
It's possible it's going abroad. I'm just hazarding a guess, possibly across into eastern Europe. (The stolen art works market) is very much a global market.
economic found looking maybe previous sponsors title
Of the 42 tournaments at that time, probably as many as 15 or more were looking for title sponsors because of economic conditions. If it would have been at any other time, maybe the previous year, we probably would have found a title sponsor.