Claim: In the plot of Assault on England British intelligence links assassinations to a British Lieutenant John Elmore who defected to Russia.
Evidence: Instead, British intelligence links the assassinations to a Russian agent, Boris Novosty, who is currently in the UK. The only person of significance is Lieutenant John Elmore who became a renowned underworld assassin after the war before being killed in a shootout with police several years previously – although his body was never found.