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peers of the realm. He lost ‘no opportunity of A. viewpoint. He was, according to Stephen Ward, “ an abeoktede Communist and also a nice person”. And be was ue Ope. about. his position. Right from the start he would tell his hearers, “ say goes back to Moscow. Look out what you say.” cant aan 14. Stephen Ward and Captain Ivanov became great friends. Captain Ivanov was often down at the cottage at Cliveden at week-ends. He visited Stephen Ward’s house in London. They met in restaurants. They often piayed bridge together. Stephen Ward introduced him to many of his friends, both ‘those of high rank and also the girls. And Stephen Ward fost o no opportunity of helping him, as the events show. 15. It has been suggested to me that Ivanov filled a new role in Russian technique. It was to divide the United Kingdom from the United States by these devious means. If Ministers or prominent people can be placed in compromising situations, or made the subject of damaging Tumour, or the Security Service can be made to appear incompetent, it may weaken the confidence of the United States in our integrity and reliability. So a man WAPAREER dee LAR LEA OU RES ee 0 obvaeebenp See Wee SSeS pee pe like Captain Ivanov may take every opportunity ‘of getting to know Ministers or prominent people-not so much te obtain information from them {though this would be a useful by-product}—but so as to work towards destroying confidence. If this were the object of Captain Ivanov with Stephen Ward | as his tool he succeeded only too well : (iii) Christine Keeler 16. Christine Keeler is a girl, now aged 21, "whose home is at Wraysbury. She left home at the age of 16 and went to London. She was soon employed at the Murray Cabaret Club as a show-girl, which involved, as she put it, just walking around with no clothes on. She had only been ‘at the Cabaret Club a short time when Stephen Ward came there and they danced together. Thereafter he often telephoned her and took her out. After a very few days he asked her to go and live with him. She went. She ran away from him many times but she always went back. He seemed to contro! her. She lived with him at 17, Wimpole Mews, from about June, 1961, to March, 1962. He took her to his country cottage at Cliveden and he introduced her to many mnen, sometimes men of rank and position, with whom she had sexual intercourse. (A jury has since found him guilty on a charge of living on the earnings of her prostitution.) She had undoubted physical attractions. Later on he introduced her also to the drug Indian hemp and she became addicted to it. She met coloured men who trafficked in it and she went to live with them. - ; . (iv) Mr. Profumo 17. Mr. Profumo was Secretary of State for War from ety June, 1963, He is now aged 48. He had a fine war record ani. rank of brigadier. He entered Parliament in 1940 but lost bis des In 1950 he came back as the Member for the Stratfos ‘ visi Warwickshire, He has a distinguished record of service to the ‘country. He was Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (1952), Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 8