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pe emes ntti: oP et ee . "LS When I asked Paul Mann the question: “They wanted her to di , after the trial?” he replied, “ No, this was purely a suggestion that she sow disappear; nobody said, ‘ Yes, we want her to go after the trial’” +5... 141, I take it to be clear, thetefore, that Carly in Febrvary, 3963, | Stephen Ward conceived the idea that Christine Keeler should disappeat and mentioned it to Paul Mann; that Paul Mann was willing to assist in it: but nothing was said expressly whether she was to disappear before or after the trial. It is équally clear that the lawyers would havé nothing to do witb it. It was on Sth February, 1963, that Mr. Profumo and his lawyer consulted the Director of Public Prosecutions. On 7th February, Mr. Profymo’s solicitor told Stephen Ward’s solicitor of the point. Stephen Ward's solicitor (who had on the day before approved the offer of £500) told me, “ My amber light very quickly turned to red and I told my client on no account must he pay any money to her or her solicitor or to ber account”. Even the £500 was not to be paid to her. He told me:. “* The thing I was scared. of from the very beginning was that Christine Keeler would be spirited away out of the country, and the. Iast thing I wanted was for Stephen Ward to be concerned with that. And if she had disappeared abroad or had had £500 from us, it would have looked extremely fishy.” ‘ (iii) Paul Mann Plans to Take a Holiday: 142. As it happened ihe Edgecombe trial was postponed because of the iliness of the mini-cab driver. i¢ was adjourned until the next Sessions and was expected to come on for trial in March, 1963. Meanwhile, however, from the first week in February, 1963, Paul Mann was in close touch with Christine Keeler. He told me that he started to spend a tremendous amount of time with her, almost as it were keeping a 24-hour watch on her. The time came, he told me, when she was in a very distressed state and wanted to leave and get away from it all. She told me herself that she was in fear of two coloured men who had been paid to cut her up. She said, “I knew it was my duty to go to the Court but to teli you the truth, I thought, ‘To hell with my duty, I am not going to let people knock me about from here to there’. I did not realise the seriousness of the consequences.. I just decided to leave.” Paul Mann told me that he had himself been planning to have a holiday in Spain a little later but at Christine Keeler’s request he brought his holiday forward about two weeks and decided to go earlier. The decision was taken about the end of February, 1963, and they ieft on the night of Friday, 8th March, 1963. (iv) They Leave for Spain - 43. They went by car. It was @ party of three, Paul Mann, Christine 143, They went by car Christine Keeler Kim Proctor. They told me they had very littl money. Christine Keeler had £20 which she gave to Paul Mann. Kim Proctoy put in money too. I asked Paul Mann what means he had at that time. ip anid :| “T had my own micans, untraceable resources. It did really, lew on Pridey nisht find ua in a sticky nnaitinon Between the three af ms, i RAMA y MEIBety SERIE BE ee SRE Pees. AWE TT eres Nene TASS we think we had £100 and some dollars, but I had an insurance cheque fait £175. The insurance company had an office in Spain, and I thought there would be no trouble in cashing it at all, but it turned out it took them practically 45 2 a a eet ee