Succession 1970 Election Fontes v Zdrojewski OSMTJ-OSMTH (original) (raw)

The dispute regarding the 1970 election for Grandmaster in Paris. Claims of illegitimacy, infiltration of secret police forces, and a simple lack of facts color the entire episode, leaving even a devoted researcher unable to make hard and fast conclusions. After the election, both sides produced contradictory documents to substantiate their claims, further obscuring the truth. Therefore, neither side can truly be relied upon for an unbiased account of what happened. The goal of this paper is to establish as much fact-based truth as possible so that a reader may draw reasonable conclusions regarding the truth of the matter. While it is possible some may dispute these findings through facts of which the author is unaware, the reader should know that this treatise is not written with respect to a personal or political agenda. The author is open to any new information that one may present to amend the conclusions contained herein.