through his son, jimmy roosevelt, president harry truman, later awarded ellis with the american legion of merit for his service to the united states during world war 2. ellis even went on to co found the australian secret intelligence service on behalf of in my 6. and he finally returned to england in 1954. ellis was given more metals than we can name here. and he was seen as one of the greatest intelligence professionals in the history of the united kingdom. he retired in the mid 19 fifties, but the story doesn't end there. when kim selby affected to the soviet union in 1963, after slipping out of a dinner party and a route, a joint m i 5 m i 6 investigation headed by the legendary intelligence officer, peter wright investigated ellis and a number of other retired officials in an interview with rights so called fluency committee. ellis allegedly made a confession that he had provided intelligence to the nazis before the war. he denied ever having otherwise engaged and espionage counter to british interest. but authors, including right, have subsequently accused elis posthumously, of c