Possible Clues:

• Urgent need
• English team replacing head of operation in urgent situation
• Need to leave almost leaderless business
• English team replacing head of business in crisis
• Sudden unforeseen need
• Led away from exceedingly awkward pressing need
• English team needing authority, but not a crisis
• Urgent need for team inside, for example, to take energy to rough up New York City
• Pressing need of way-out bloke two times removed to outskirts of city
• Demand from Eastern team information about unknown