It was later rumoured that Winter was involved in plots to overthrow the Spanish colonial government in Spanish Morocco and stage a revolution for the Slovak minority against the Czech government.British Spies and Irish Rebels by Paul McMahon 2008 p37 In 1940 at the age of 65, he offered his services to the Finnish Army, in their defence against Communist Russia. He was honoured for his service—certificates can be seen in his personal collection in the Imperial War Museum. He was a master of five Slavic languages and a chain smoker. He died peacefully in 1962 aged 87, his obituary reading that he neither feared God nor man.Havoc p258
