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she and her father became separated after fleeing to West Germany, Germany, West to fleeing after separated became father her and she

strangely. He was asked to leave by the Home Office ... Mariella has has Mariella ... Office Home the by leave to asked was He strangely.

and then spent harrowing months in a camp for displaced persons. Years Years persons. displaced for camp a in months harrowing spent then and

of my relationship,' she said. 'It is something I have tried to hide all all hide to tried have I something is 'It said. she relationship,' my of

attempted to follow with nine-year-old Mariella in 195o. Marietta said said Marietta 195o. in Mariella nine-year-old with follow to attempted

who Caine to power in 1957. Josef Josten, a Czech journalist who who journalist Czech a Josten, Josef 1957. in power to Caine who

came over to the West after the war, has confirmed Novotny's blood blood Novotny's confirmed has war, the after West the to over came

enter Britain in 1948, but Marietta's mother says he did eventually eventually did he says mother Marietta's but 1948, in Britain enter

come to London. London. to come in London. London. in

herself standing in a breadline. She said she later rejoined her mother mother her rejoined later she said She breadline. a in standing herself ment long knew about Novotny's father, and was sensitive about him him about sensitive was and father, Novotny's about knew long ment father was 'first cousin' to President Antonin Novotny. 'I am ashamed ashamed am 'I Novotny. Antonin President to cousin' 'first was father

later, to prove it, Marietta would produce a childhood photograph of of photograph childhood a produce would Marietta it, prove to later, entering the country. One document shows he was refused a visa to to visa a refused was he shows document One country. the entering in in

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relationship with the Czech leader. It is clear that the British Govern- British the that clear is It leader. Czech the with relationship

my life.' The Novotny she was referring to was a Khrushchev prot46 prot46 Khrushchev a was to referring was she Novotny The life.' my grown up in an atmosphere of intrigue. She is very nervous. What my my What nervous. very is She intrigue. of atmosphere an in up grown

here in London....' London....' in here wrote later, 'but we were well off. What I am certain of is that almost almost that is of certain am I What off. well were we 'but later, wrote

husband's secrets were were secrets husband's

alone of his family he was not a communist. He was, if you like, a a like, you if was, He communist. a not was he family his of alone

daughter. 'What does it matter?' she asked. 'They won't believe the the believe won't 'They asked. she matter?' it does 'What daughter. takeover. takeover.

be best if he got out of the country....' country....' the of out got he if best be

political black sheep of the family. family. the of sheep black political tipped off that the communists were about to seize power, and it would would it and power, seize to about were communists the that off tipped

Stephen Ward's friend, Hod Dibben. Dibben. Hod friend, Ward's Stephen

truth.' The truth as to the whereabouts of Novotny's father, and, and, father, Novotny's of whereabouts the to as truth The truth.'

most important, his political loyalties, remains elusive. While it dots, dots, it While elusive. remains loyalties, political his important, most

Mariella Novotny's role in the Profumo scandal remains especially especially remains scandal Profumo the in role Novotny's Mariella

intriguing. It began shortly before Christmas 1959, when when 1959, Christmas before shortly began It intriguing.

Who was the father, and what became of him? Novotny said her her said Novotny him? of became what and father, the was Who

When he did arrive, Mrs Capes has said, 'my husband acted very very acted husband 'my said, has Capes Mrs arrive, did he When

Novotny herself said her childhood was 'idyllic' until the communist communist the until 'idyllic' was childhood her said herself Novotny

Novotny's mother, traced by us in 1985, refused to discuss discuss to refused 1985, in us by traced mother, Novotny's 1948 1948

and her husband, who was in the anti-communist underground, underground, anti-communist the in was who husband, her and

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was never quite sure what my father did for a living,' she she living,' a for did father my what sure quite never was

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don't know — but we still get frightening echoes echoes frightening get still we but — know don't

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l' l' glasses on her she said, said, she her on glasses

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observed the touching scene. 'Hod, of course, was an antique compared compared antique an was course, of 'Hod, scene. touching the observed

have replied. Novotny stopped crying. 'I will,' she said. said. she will,' 'I crying. stopped Novotny replied. have

to Mariella,' he remembers, 'but when he put a pair of black rimmed rimmed black of pair a put he when 'but remembers, he Mariella,' to

hardly see the customers she was serving in the gloom of the night-club. night-club. the of gloom the in serving was she customers the see hardly

When one of the managers fired her she rushed up to Dibben in floods floods in Dibben to up rushed she her fired managers the of one When

i ears later Novotny put it more prosaically: she did it to to it did she prosaically: more it put Novotny later ears i

though sensationally good-looking, was so short-sighted she could could she short-sighted so was good-looking, sensationally though

four and she only eighteen, but they were to be married within the the within married be to were they but eighteen, only she and four

month. month.

wanted a job as a dancer at the Black Sheep, but settled for waitressing waitressing for settled but Sheep, Black the at dancer a as job a wanted

girl at the Pigalle Club, then graduated to topless dancing. Now she she Now dancing. topless to graduated then Club, Pigalle the at girl

when told there were no vacancies. Novotny was probably introduced introduced probably was Novotny vacancies. no were there told when

strong-Jones and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. By the time Mariella came to to came Mariella time the By Jr. Fairbanks Douglas and strong-Jones

to Hod Dibben at the club by abortionist Teddy Sugden. He was fifty- was He Sugden. Teddy abortionist by club the at Dibben Hod to as a model, at her mother's suggestion, she had started as a hat-check hat-check a as started had she suggestion, mother's her at model, a as

sheep from the from sheep

customers included, among others, the Duke of Kent, Antony Arm- Antony Kent, of Duke the others, among included, customers

the club, she was a teenage veteran of London nightlife. After training training After nightlife. London of veteran teenage a was she club, the

alda's Barn by the notorious Kray twins, he opened a new club in in club new a opened he twins, Kray notorious the by Barn alda's

Mayfair, called the Black Sheep. It would, he said, cater for 'black 'black for cater said, he would, It Sheep. Black the called Mayfair,

Dibben was playing nightclub boss again. With the takeover of Esmer- of takeover the With again. boss nightclub playing was Dibben

arried right away."' White sighs philosophically. `God, knowing knowing `God, philosophically. sighs White away."' right arried

Matt White, now Show Business Editor of the Sydney Sydney the of Editor Business Show now White, Matt

tears, begging him to help. 'How about if if about 'How help. to him begging tears,

It all came about, supposedly, as something of a joke. Novotny, Novotny, joke. a of something as supposedly, about, came all It

love for a puzzle, gave him woman ... and Hod got Mariella.' Mariella.' got Hod and ... woman him gave puzzle, a for love

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titled families, because they are the rarest'. Dibben's Dibben's rarest'. the are they because families, titled

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still love you. And And you. love still

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gave any indication of knowing what we had done on our return to the the to return our on done had we what knowing of indication any gave

decided to do whatever was necessary ... Neither Towers nor his mother mother his nor Towers Neither ... necessary was whatever do to decided

'I was anxious to do well in New York,' she wrote, `so `so wrote, she York,' New in well do to anxious was 'I

genius in many ways' but 'a pig' in others. One of the things that that things the of One others. in pig' 'a but ways' many in genius

offended her was Towers' sex life. She recalled, disgustedly, 'the times times 'the disgustedly, recalled, She life. sex Towers' was her offended gone into liquidation, with £48,000 owing to creditors. creditors. to owing £48,000 with liquidation, into gone

a leading figure in the founding of commercial television and become become and television commercial of founding the in figure leading a

into another room to speak privately— promptly stripped off his clothes. clothes. his off stripped promptly privately— speak to room another into a senior executive of ATV. Later, however, one of his companies had had companies his of one however, Later, ATV. of executive senior a

mother and a group of Americans, one of whom — having asked her her asked having — whom of one Americans, of group a and mother

programme director for British Forces radio. In the fifties he had been been had he fifties the In radio. Forces British for director programme

contract, but she decided to go to New York with her impresario. impresario. her with York New to go to decided she but contract, I left his flat and office and met some sleazy tart on the way up to him'. him'. to up way the on tart sleazy some met and office and flat his left I

Hollywood and Toronto, rocketed to success after a wartime post as a a as post wartime a after success to rocketed Toronto, and Hollywood

commercials in America.' Novotny already had a London modelling modelling London a had already Novotny America.' in commercials

start I could be as permissive as I liked ... The endless parties I went went I parties endless The ... liked I as permissive as be could I start

Towers, and he quickly showed interest in her. He telephoned after the the after telephoned He her. in interest showed quickly he and Towers,

encounters on the London scene was with a friend of her husband who who husband her of friend a with was scene London the on encounters

so, she started as she was to continue. continue. to was she as started she so, Novotny, 'Towers said he could make me into a television model for for model television a into me make could he said 'Towers Novotny, party, inviting her to tea at Claridge's. Over the teacups, according to to according teacups, the Over Claridge's. at tea to her inviting party,

was going to become notorious, Stephen Ward. Ward. Stephen notorious, become to going was

Hartford, an occasion which Novotny called 'a turning-point'. Also, Also, turning-point'. 'a called Novotny which occasion an Hartford, to were extravagant, and I met many famous names.' One of her first first her of One names.' famous many met I and extravagant, were to

later, 'urged me to taste more than most ... Hod made it clear from the the from clear it made Hod ... most than more taste to me 'urged later,

thdre was a forty-year-old show business whizz kid named Harry Harry named kid whizz business show forty-year-old a was thdre

said her fear was rooted in her childhood, when she witnessed rapes rapes witnessed she when childhood, her in rooted was fear her said at the end of the war. As we have seen, she says he did eventually take take eventually did he says she seen, have we As war. the of end the at

her to bed. Dibben, however, says that her marital 'first time' was a a was time' 'first marital her that says however, Dibben, bed. to her

threesome: he watched white a male friend had sex with Novotny. If If Novotny. with sex had friend male a white watched he threesome: and public hangings during the chaos in Czechoslovakia and Austria Austria and Czechoslovakia in chaos the during hangings public and

Black Sheep, was photographed by David Bailey. It was on the honey- the on was It Bailey. David by photographed was Sheep, Black

Sugclen as best man. So hilarious did they find the ceremony that the the that ceremony the find they did hilarious So man. best as Sugclen moon that Dibben discovered that his bride was terrified of sex — she she — sex of terrified was bride his that discovered Dibben that moon

registrar threatened to stop the wedding. The large reception, at the the at reception, large The wedding. the stop to threatened registrar

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Towers' secretary in 1960, Margaret Van Beers, thought him 'a 'a him thought Beers, Van Margaret 1960, in secretary Towers'

According to Novotny, Towers invited her to his flat to meet his his meet to flat his to her invited Towers Novotny, to According

Harry Towers, now a prosperous film producer working out of of out working producer film prosperous a now Towers, Harry

'Possibly my slow, fate start as a promiscuous girl,' Novotny wrote wrote Novotny girl,' promiscuous a as start fate slow, my 'Possibly Ward was at a party given by American millionaire Huntington Huntington millionaire American by given party a at was Ward

The couple married at Caxton Hall on on Hall Caxton at married couple The

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shrugged and and shrugged

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differently: 'Towers was hiding in a walk-in cupboard. They hauled hauled They cupboard. walk-in a in hiding was 'Towers differently:

clothes, posing as a customer. Then, when Novotny was half-naked, he he half-naked, was Novotny when Then, customer. a as posing clothes,

living with me then, she'd asked if she could come up to meet some- some- meet to up come could she if asked she'd then, me with living

a screenplay,' he says. 'She came rushing into the room — she wasn't wasn't she — room the into rushing came 'She says. he screenplay,' a identified himself as a police officer. officer. police a as himself identified

hodY — I was busy working when she rushed in naked and said there was was there said and naked in rushed she when working busy was I — hodY

Attorney William Reilly had received an anonymous call advising him him advising call anonymous an received had Reilly William Attorney

that Novotny was plying her trade as a prostitute at that address. address. that at prostitute a as trade her plying was Novotny that Patrolman Thomas Flood later told a court how he arrived in plain- in arrived he how court a told later Flood Thomas Patrolman

'absolute fantasy'. fantasy'. 'absolute

York and lived with me in a couple of hotels ... I got into trouble trouble into got I ... hotels of couple a in me with lived and York

police of the t8th Precinct raided Towers' apartment. Assistant District District Assistant apartment. Towers' raided Precinct t8th the of police

the day in March 1961, three months after Novotny's arrival, when when arrival, Novotny's after months three 1961, March in day the was a hooker. Our total involvement was that she joined me in New New in me joined she that was involvement total Our hooker. a was

cat-o'-nine-tails.' cat-o'-nine-tails.'

dates, or gone on threesomes with her — all, she claimed, introduced to to introduced claimed, she all, — her with threesomes on gone or dates,

through my own stupidity.' Towers dismisses Novotny's accounts as as accounts Novotny's dismisses Towers stupidity.' own my through

for a peculiarly British speciality. 'They desired to be whipped with with whipped be to desired 'They speciality. British peculiarly a for her by Towers. She named some of her customers who, she said, paid paid said, she who, customers her of some named She Towers. by her

provided detailed lists of madames and prostitutes who had arranged arranged had who prostitutes and madames of lists detailed provided sexual act. Thereafter I entertained prostitution dates regularly and and regularly dates prostitution entertained I Thereafter act. sexual

money.' Later, Novotny told the FBI, 'Towers was present when when present was 'Towers FBI, the told Novotny Later, money.'

earned approximately $400 a week. I gave Towers about $300 of this this of $300 about Towers gave I week. a $400 approximately earned

prostitution acts were committed', at a Manhatten apartment. She She apartment. Manhatten a at committed', were acts prostitution

Northern Hotel ... The following afternoon Towers brought a pros- pros- a brought Towers afternoon following The ... Hotel Northern

New York. She later told the FBI, 'Towers took me to the Great Great the to me took 'Towers FBI, the told later She York. New

titution date to me, me, to date titution

going on ahead — he bought her a plane ticket. 'The day before I flew flew I before day 'The ticket. plane a her bought he — ahead on going

Name Hanka' out in in out Hanka' Name

to America,' Novotny said, 'Stephen Ward came to dinner and drew drew and dinner to came Ward 'Stephen said, Novotny America,' to three sketches of me.' me.' of sketches three

in the United States. Towers says he simply said, `Do you want to come come to want you `Do said, simply he says Towers States. United the in

to New York and have a laugh?' Novotny agreed, and — since he was was he since — and agreed, Novotny laugh?' a have and York New to

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The couple were arrested and charged, Towers for importing a a importing for Towers charged, and arrested were couple The

Towers still shivers at the memory. 'I was in the other room writing writing room other the in was 'I memory. the at shivers still Towers

One thing that was brutal reality for both Towers and Novotny was was Novotny and Towers both for reality brutal was that thing One

Towers says today, 'I had an affair with her and didn't know she she know didn't and her with affair an had 'I today, says Towers

Towers and Novotny offer diverging accounts of what happened in in happened what of accounts diverging offer Novotny and Towers

Towers, said Novotny, drew up a contract for her to work for him him for work to her for contract a up drew Novotny, said Towers,

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e denied knowing me when asked about our relationship.' relationship.' our about asked when me knowing denied e e denied denied e

the other room.' Novotny, in her memoir, remembered it it remembered memoir, her in Novotny, room.' other the

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Novotny as 'a wayward minor'. Bail for Towers was set at at set was Towers for Bail minor'. wayward 'a as Novotny

remembers Novotny well. 'Confident, pretty, with a sense of humour humour of sense a with pretty, 'Confident, well. Novotny remembers woman for prostitution and maintaining a disorderly house, and and house, disorderly a maintaining and prostitution for woman

for Novotny at Zoo. Zoo. at Novotny for

of the charges.' charges.' the of

of Czechoslovakia. Moreover, he says, 'It was not just a prostitution prostitution a just not was 'It says, he Moreover, Czechoslovakia. of

... she looked like a model, not like a whore ... she made no great denial denial great no made she ... whore a like not model, a like looked she ...

Towers' passport be confiscated and a higher bail set. He now spoke of of spoke now He set. bail higher a and confiscated be passport Towers'

case for me. I knew it would be high profile. I thought celebrity names names celebrity thought I profile. high be would it knew I me. for case told him, and so had the FBI, that she was related to President Novotny Novotny President to related was she that FBI, the had so and him, told

would be brought in.' in.' brought be would

information that 'a large number of men and women of prominence prominence of women and men of number large 'a that information

involved in the defendant's procurement business. The trial, of necess- of trial, The business. procurement defendant's the in involved

and very substantial financial means were customers or otherwise otherwise or customers were means financial substantial very and

ity, would expose a number of people to a great deal of unwanted unwanted of deal great a to people of number a expose would ity,

publicity, so that should some or all of them desire to make their their make to desire them of all or some should that so publicity,

resources available to the defendant to induce him to leave the country country the leave to him induce to defendant the to available resources

... there would be nothing to lose except the sum of Sto,000 bail bail Sto,000 of sum the except lose to nothing be would there ...

Novotny vanished too. On 3 t May 1961, she sailed for London aboard aboard London for sailed she 1961, May t 3 On too. vanished Novotny

presently imposed.' imposed.' presently

had left the country - destination unknown. Not long after, Mariella Mariella after, long Not unknown. destination - country the left had

reporter informing him that Harry Towers had flown the coop. coop. the flown had Towers Harry that him informing reporter

Towers and Novotny, but was told it was impossible. Donati was was Donati impossible. was it told was but Novotny, and Towers

and was only discovered once the liner was at sea. When the ship ship the When sea. at was liner the once discovered only was and

therefore not surprised, a week or so later, to receive a call from a a from call a receive to later, so or week a surprised, not therefore

the the

without a passport - probably as though she was seeing someone off off someone seeing was she though as probably - passport a without

federal appointee. He then asked the FBI to maintain surveillance on on surveillance maintain to FBI the asked then He appointee. federal

arrived at Southampton, Novotny was allowed to enter the country country the enter to allowed was Novotny Southampton, at arrived

Novotny's return from America. 'He said,' Rice-Davies says, 'that 'that says, Rice-Davies said,' 'He America. from return Novotny's

night the CIA or something had picked her up, literally, from from literally, up, her picked had something or CIA the night

without difficulty. difficulty. without

iscliction, but the most popular theory is that the CIA made my escape escape my made CIA the that is theory popular most the but iscliction,

easy....' easy....'

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the FBI and Immigration, were all claiming I came under their Pr' Pr' their under came I claiming all were Immigration, and FBI the

The Assistant District Attorney prosecuting the case, Alfred Donati, Donati, Alfred case, the prosecuting Attorney District Assistant The

Two things about the Novotny case troubled Donati. Novotny had had Novotny Donati. troubled case Novotny the about things Two

Weeks later, at a further court hearing, Donati demanded that that demanded Donati hearing, court further a at later, Weeks

had become a political pawn ... Three authorities, the State Police, Police, State the authorities, Three ... pawn political a become had

The Assistant DA's request was rejected by Judge Matzner, a recent recent a Matzner, Judge by rejected was request DA's Assistant The

Later, in London, Stephen Ward talked to Mandy Rice-Davies ab Rice-Davies Mandy to talked Ward Stephen London, in Later,

`One faction,' Novotny wrote later, 'sighed with relief when I left- I when relief with 'sighed later, wrote Novotny faction,' `One

Queen Queen

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under the name Mrs R. Tyson. She managed to board board to managed She Tyson. R. Mrs name the under

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7... Then I was shot into the whirl of parties and was introduced to JFK, JFK, to introduced was and parties of whirl the into shot was I Then 7...

;with the new import from "Swinging London". A round of hectic hectic of round A London". "Swinging from import new the ;with

lunches lunches

and there I met Peter Lawford, one of the leaders of the Kennedy clan clan Kennedy the of leaders the of one Lawford, Peter met I there and

Towers introduced her to a man who 'went away highly impressed impressed highly away 'went who man a to her introduced Towers

the the

into the bed of the man about to be inaugurated as President of the the of President as inaugurated be to about man the of bed the into

United States, and of his brother Robert, shortly to become Attorney- become to shortly Robert, brother his of and States, United

Mariella poured out: that Towers had successfully manoeuvred her her manoeuvred successfully had Towers that out: poured Mariella

newspaper refrained - for diplomatic reasons - from printing the story story the printing from - reasons diplomatic for - refrained newspaper General. Earle, a veteran reporter, believed the story, and believes it it believes and story, the believed reporter, veteran a Earle, General.

actually been doing 'in New York. In fact, Earle now reveals, his his reveals, now Earle fact, In York. New 'in doing been actually :

On her arrival in England, Novotny told her story to Peter Earle, senior senior Earle, Peter to story her told Novotny England, in arrival her On crime reporter for the the for reporter crime

tale that told much of her arrest and escape, but little of what what of little but escape, and arrest her of much told that tale

behind the escape, and why did they want Novotny out of the country? country? the of out Novotny want they did why and escape, the behind

Stephen said it in a matter-of-fact sort of way. This was years before before years was This way. of sort matter-of-fact a in it said Stephen

she said so.' so.' said she

Affair, an FBI official stated flatly in a report, 'Marie 'Marie report, a in flatly stated official FBI an Affair,

was obviously aided by persons unknown to leave the US....' Who was was Who US....' the leave to unknown persons by aided obviously was

apartment, and eventually put her on a boat, and that was that. that. was that and boat, a on her put eventually and apartment,

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as at a large party held held party large a at as

FK was simply called the Senator and we were shown into an empty empty an into shown were we and Senator the called simply was FK

e talked about England briefly, but locked the door and undressed undressed and door the locked but briefly, England about talked e

me of the girls he had had affairs with ... The first time I met JFK JFK met I time first The ... with affairs had had he girls the of me

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`The suite contained a number of rooms,' according to Novotny. Novotny. to according rooms,' of number a contained suite `The

Shortly after her arrival in New York, Novotny said in her memoir, memoir, her in said Novotny York, New in arrival her after Shortly

ger, was the host....' host....' the was ger,

Novotny was not alone in her theorizing. At the time of the Profumo Profumo the of time the At theorizing. her in alone not was Novotny

a discreet return to Vic Damone's party. It ended abruptly, she she abruptly, ended It party. Damone's Vic to return discreet a

room ... it seemed quite natural to be taken aside for a quiet talk. talk. quiet a for aside taken be to natural quite seemed it ... room

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President-elect. I heard several stories of his escapades, and met met and escapades, his of stories several heard I President-elect.

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slashed her wrists. `I have never known a party finish so quickly. quickly. so finish party a known never have `I wrists. her slashed

chatted....' Novotny recalled a hurried sexual encounter, followed followed encounter, sexual hurried a recalled Novotny chatted....'

disappeared with a group of close associates - I was bustled out out bustled was I - associates close of group a with disappeared

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and parties followed. The first lunch date was at Luchow's, Luchow's, at was date lunch first The followed. parties and

ond document, apparently written after her first memoir, memoir, first her after written apparently document, ond

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they all had sex together. Later, said Novotny, she visited the President President the visited she Novotny, said Later, together. sex had all they I especially interesting. One former female associate recalls that, rather rather that, recalls associate female former One interesting. especially I • • ?. masochist, a trait that may have made Mariella Novotny seem seem Novotny Mariella made have may that trait a masochist, ?.

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fresh look'. One of them had indeed studied medicine at the University University the at medicine studied indeed had them of One look'. fresh

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Novotny claimed, recruited the prostitutes. They duly arrived, 'an 'an arrived, duly They prostitutes. the recruited claimed, Novotny

pretended to be nurse and doctor to Kennedy as patient. Peter Lawford, Lawford, Peter patient. as Kennedy to doctor and nurse be to pretended

Kennedy. The scenario played out involved two other prostitutes who who prostitutes other two involved out played scenario The Kennedy.

country until the end of May. May. of end the until country

Novotny had arrived in New York in December, and did not leave the the leave not did and December, in York New in arrived had Novotny

that connected the Carlyle with nearby apartment houses and hotels. hotels. and houses apartment nearby with Carlyle the connected that Kennedy had his own escape route from the hotel, a series of tunnels tunnels of series a hotel, the from route escape own his had Kennedy

on 20 January 1961. lie staved at his usual New York base theCarlyie,.. theCarlyie,.. base York New usual his at staved lie 1961. January 20 on

of pimp for Jack Kennedy.' Kennedy.' Jack for pimp of

than making love, Lawford, 'wanted me to bite his nipples till they they till nipples his bite to me 'wanted Lawford, love, making than

a debauched figure, a devotee of group sex - and something of a a of something and - sex group of devotee a figure, debauched a

at the forefront Of the Kennedy election propaganda campaign. He was was He campaign. propaganda election Kennedy the Of forefront the at

married to Kennedy's sister, Patricia. With Frank Sinatra, he had been been had he Sinatra, Frank With Patricia. sister, Kennedy's to married

Sometimes the order was for two girls at a time. time. a at girls two for was order the Sometimes

from Secret Service colleagues to 'find a woman for the President'. President'. the for woman a 'find to colleagues Service Secret from

One District Attorney's investigator, in Los Angeles, got used to requests requests to used got Angeles, Los in investigator, Attorney's District One

hooker with him right now.' (That was expensive in the early sixties.) sixties.) early the in expensive was (That now.' right him with hooker Service guard who explained, The President has got a hundred-dollar hundred-dollar a got has President The explained, who guard Service

According to Novotny, she also took part in a group sex game with with game sex group a in part took also she Novotny, to According

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old Novotny, had no qualms about paying for his pleasure on occasion. occasion. on pleasure his for paying about qualms no had Novotny, old

congressman. congressman.

`Travelling with him was like travelling with a bull,' said a fellow fellow a said bull,' a with travelling like was him with `Travelling

known,' said his close friend and confidant, Senator George Smathers. Smathers. George Senator confidant, and friend close his said known,' Kennedy was elected President in November 10o and inaugurated inaugurated and 10o November in President elected was Kennedy

philanderer. 'He had the most active libido of any man I have ever ever have I man any of libido active most the had 'He philanderer.

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by Peter Lawford. Lawford. Peter by

took place at the Hampshire House, and it was this that was arranged arranged was that this was it and House, Hampshire the at place took

Gracie Square. It was the first sexual encounter, she explained, that that explained, she encounter, sexual first the was It Square. Gracie

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almost certainly had Addison's Disease. He was no stranger to hospitals, hospitals, to stranger no was He Disease. Addison's had certainly almost

any. Anecdotes of his sex life, from women and from law enforcement enforcement law from and women from life, sex his of Anecdotes any.

and — if he was to have fetishes — a nursing scenario seems as likely as as likely as seems scenario nursing a — fetishes have to was he if — and

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had long been chronically ill with back and glandular problems, and and problems, glandular and back with ill chronically been long had

had extra-marital affairs. affairs. extra-marital had

her New York clients from the world of politics, taw and business. business. and taw politics, of world the from clients York New her

recently that Robert Kennedy, long regarded as a sexual puritan, also also puritan, sexual a as regarded long Kennedy, Robert that recently

According to the Bureau it has now been destroyed. destroyed. been now has it Bureau the to According

Following his escape from New York, Harry Towers was first reported reported first was Towers Harry York, New from escape his Following

... The most inaccessible place I could think of was to do a tour of the the of tour a do to was of think could I place inaccessible most The ... spend Four or five months in the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Hungary Hungary and Czechoslovakia USSR, the in months five or Four spend

he says, 'I realized I had less to fear from the law than from the press press the from than law the from fear to less had I realized 'I says, he

to be in Copenhagen, and was then seen by a friend in Moscow. Today Today Moscow. in friend a by seen then was and Copenhagen, in be to

communist spy....' spy....' communist

USSR. It took an awful long time to live it down, and all I did was was did I all and down, it live to time long awful an took It USSR.

... It was immediately assumed on top of everything else that I was was I that else everything of top on assumed immediately was It ...

charges of bail-jumping and contempt of court. He continued to deny deny to continued He court. of contempt and bail-jumping of charges

just an open-and-shut case I could certainly comment on it. Right? Right? it. on comment certainly could I case open-and-shut an just

You understand what I'm saying? I cannot be more specific....' specific....' more be cannot I saying? I'm what understand You affair was just an open-and-shut vice matter, Donati replied, 'If it were were it 'If replied, Donati matter, vice open-and-shut an just was affair

He replied, 'I can't comment on that ... This gets back to confidentiality confidentiality to back gets This ... that on comment can't 'I replied, He

in 1982 whether there had been an espionage connection in the case. case. the in connection espionage an been had there whether 1982 in

his business activities in the United States. States. United the in activities business his

the prostitution charges, and they were now dropped. He has resumed resumed has He dropped. now were they and charges, prostitution the

between the District Attorney and the FBI.' Asked if the Novotny Novotny the if Asked FBI.' the and Attorney District the between

independent of Towers. He says, and Novotny in her memoir agrees, agrees, memoir her in Novotny and says, He Towers. of independent

discovered that a girl had slashed her wrists in the bathroom. Novotny Novotny bathroom. the in wrists her slashed had girl a that discovered

allegedly had her first sexual encounter with John Kennedy. He remem• remem• He Kennedy. John with encounter sexual first her had allegedly

that he spent much of his time away in London. Meanwhile, Novotny's Novotny's Meanwhile, London. in away time his of much spent he that

Hod Dibben confirms that he visited New York at that time, 'to see see 'to time, that at York New visited he that confirms Dibben Hod

bers the President-elect being bundled out of the building when it was was it when building the of out bundled being President-elect the bers

nominal husband — and Stephen Ward's friend — arrived on the scene. scene. the on arrived — friend Ward's Stephen and — husband nominal

Mariella and to buy antiques at Parke Bernet'. Bernet'. Parke at antiques buy to and Mariella was was

told him about the Kennedy contacts, and he believed her. And ther And her. believed he and contacts, Kennedy the about him told

There is nothing especially implausible about this. John Kennedy Kennedy John this. about implausible especially nothing is There

Mariella Novotny gave the FBI an address book, listing names of of names listing book, address an FBI the gave Novotny Mariella

The Kennedy brothers, of course, arc dead, as is Mariella Novotny. Novotny. Mariella is as dead, arc course, of brothers, Kennedy The

The man who originally handled Novotny, Alfred Donati, was asked asked was Donati, Alfred Novotny, handled originally who man The

Nearly twenty years later, Harry Towers pleaded guilty to the lesser lesser the to guilty pleaded Towers Harry later, years twenty Nearly

Mariella Novotny's New York activity in early 1961 may have been been have may 1961 early in activity York New Novotny's Mariella

Dibben says he was at the Hampshire House party at which Novotny Novotny which at party House Hampshire the at was he says Dibben

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a new role, in Operation Honeytrap. Back in Washington, Novotny's Novotny's Washington, in Back Honeytrap. Operation in role, new a

most famous sex partner was now President — with doomsday worries worries doomsday with — President now was partner sex famous most

for a new career as London's premier orgy hostess. She was now to play play to now was She hostess. orgy premier London's as career new a for

contact me....' Soon she was a visitor at the Cliveden cottage, preparing preparing cottage, Cliveden the at visitor a was she Soon me....' contact

escape from the District Attorney in New York, by the beginning of of beginning the by York, New in Attorney District the from escape

patron of Dibben's Black Sheep Club in London. London. in Club Sheep Black Dibben's of patron

Ward's girls claim to have gone to bed with him. He had also been a a been also had He him. with bed to gone have to claim girls Ward's

sorry I cannot help you, because I don't remember meeting or even even or meeting remember don't I because you, help cannot I sorry

Miss Novotny it must have been in a group....' group....' a in been have must it Novotny Miss

specific details of the Fairbanks' apartment. Fairbanks, For his part, part, his For Fairbanks, apartment. Fairbanks' the of details specific

knowing anyone by the name of Mariella Novotny ... If I did meet meet did I If ... Novotny Mariella of name the by anyone knowing

told us in 1984, 'Although I am very interested in your letter, I am am I letter, your in interested very am I 'Although 1984, in us told

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amused at his prominent display of photographs of the Royal Family. Family. Royal the of photographs of display prominent his at amused

Novotny writes in her memoir. 'Stephen Ward had told him to get in in get to him told had Ward 'Stephen memoir. her in writes Novotny

touch when he was in New York. Hod and I went to see him and were were and him see to went I and Hod York. New in was he when touch

Mariella Novotny was back in England, after her curiously easy easy curiously her after England, in back was Novotny Mariella

Fairbanks did know Stephen Ward and, as we saw earlier, two of of two earlier, saw we as and, Ward Stephen know did Fairbanks

Dibben remembers going to see Fairbanks with Novotny, and recalls recalls and Novotny, with Fairbanks see to going remembers Dibben

'I received a special delivery letter from Douglas Fairbanks Jr,' Jr,' Fairbanks Douglas from letter delivery special a received 'I

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to rattle in public. public. in rattle to

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surely because Ward was loose-lipped, not because he wanted to see it it see to wanted he because not loose-lipped, was Ward because surely

got his information from Stephen Ward himself. If he did, then it was was it then did, he If himself. Ward Stephen from information his got in print. Later, Ward would be appalled when the newspapers got hold hold got newspapers the when appalled be would Ward Later, print. in

in the history of gossip columns. Some have guessed that the columnist columnist the that guessed have Some columns. gossip of history the in

ask who passed him the most devastatingly accurate piece of scandal scandal of piece accurate devastatingly most the him passed who ask

fashionable nightclub crowd. crowd. nightclub fashionable

Associate Editor Robin Douglas-Home, a nephew of the Foreign Sec- Foreign the of nephew a Douglas-Home, Robin Editor Associate

the Chelsea Set, the latest label applied by the London press to the the to press London the by applied label latest the Set, Chelsea the

tically with that of Princess Margaret. In 1962 he was a member of of member a was he 1962 In Margaret. Princess of that with tically

retary, and a socialite of long-standing whose name was linked roman- linked was name whose long-standing of socialite a and retary,

arrival of the War Minister at Wimpole Mews. Mews. Wimpole at Minister War the of arrival

when only moments separated the departure of the Soviet spy and the the and spy Soviet the of departure the separated moments only when

Denning was to note dryly in his Report, there were indeed occasions occasions indeed were there Report, his in dryly note to was Denning

"...called in MI5 because every time the chauffeur-driven Zis drew up at her her at up drew Zis chauffeur-driven the time every because MI5 in "...called

more often arrived alone in a Mini than a Humber. But, as Lord Lord as But, Humber. a than Mini a in alone arrived often more

front front Eugene Ivanov did not usually have a chauffeur, and John Profumo Profumo John and chauffeur, a have usually not did Ivanov Eugene

scandal. In the summer of 1962, readers of of readers 1962, of summer the In scandal.

on — had been offered a tantalizing titbit of information. On 31 July, July, 31 On information. of titbit tantalizing a offered been had — on appeared one sly sentence. Or rather part of a sentence. It looked like like looked It sentence. a of part rather Or sentence. sly one appeared this: this:

in a section of the magazine devoted to rumour and gossip, there there gossip, and rumour to devoted magazine the of section a in

reading in those days for those with an antique coffee-table to put it it put to coffee-table antique an with those for days those in reading

It was the smart set, suitably enough, who got the first public whiff of of whiff public first the got who enough, suitably set, smart the was It

Douglas-Home committed suicide in the mid-sixties, so we cannot cannot we so mid-sixties, the in suicide committed Douglas-Home

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was doing battle with the Macmillan Government, which saw the the saw which Government, Macmillan the with battle doing was

Honeytrap. The British press, suspecting there had been a cover-up, cover-up, a been had there suspecting press, British The Honeytrap.

to the Russians. He was a homosexual, and had fallen for a Soviet Soviet a for fallen had and homosexual, a was He Russians. the to clerk, had been sentenced to eighteen years in prison for giving secrets secrets giving for prison in years eighteen to sentenced been had clerk,

case,' he told Wigg. 'You want to look at Profumo....' Profumo....' at look to want 'You Wigg. told he case,'

not identify himself, and his message was brief. 'Forget about the Vassal! Vassal! the about 'Forget brief. was message his and himself, identify not

even more perplexed. Then the telephone rang again. The caller did did caller The again. rang telephone the Then perplexed. more even

Mrs Wigg, and when she told him nobody had called her, Wigg was was Wigg her, called had nobody him told she when and Wigg, Mrs

nobody but his wife Minnie knew his whereabouts. When he called called he When whereabouts. his knew Minnie wife his but nobody

Friend. When they got back from church, Wigg was surprised to hear hear to surprised was Wigg church, from back got they When Friend.

that someone had telephoned while he was out. He was puzzled, for for puzzled, was He out. was he while telephoned had someone that

George Wigg was spending the day with his local party agent, Tommy Tommy agent, party local his with day the spending was Wigg George an Armistice Day service at Stourbridge, in Worcestershire. Colonel Colonel Worcestershire. in Stourbridge, at service Day Armistice an

Missile Crisis had not brought the world to an end, two men went to to went men two end, an to world the brought not had Crisis Missile

slowly but surely, into his fate. fate. his into surely, but slowly

In early November, as people breathed easy in the realization that the the that realization the in easy breathed people as November, early In

folly was a fact that had spilled across the city. It was now congealing, congealing, now was It city. the across spilled had that fact a was folly

so safe — if we are to believe what Lucky Gordon and John Edgecombe Edgecombe John and Gordon Lucky what believe to are we if — safe so Keeler away from Wimpole Mews. Whether he did or not, Profumo's Profumo's not, or did he Whether Mews. Wimpole from away Keeler

learned from Christine Keeler — that he still occasionally risked seeing seeing risked occasionally still he that — Keeler Christine from learned

friendship with Ivanov. Profumo must have felt safe enough, perhaps perhaps enough, safe felt have must Profumo Ivanov. with friendship

shoes. It was a year now since the Cabinet Secretary had warned warned had Secretary Cabinet the since now year a was It shoes.

him against mixing with Stephen Ward, because of the osteopath's osteopath's the of because Ward, Stephen with mixing against him

he read the Douglas-Home piece, the Minister must have shaken in his his in shaken have must Minister the piece, Douglas-Home the read he landed on the Belgravia coffee-table of Mr and Mrs Profumo, and if if and Profumo, Mrs and Mr of coffee-table Belgravia the on landed

premonition of his eventual resignation and ruin. If If ruin. and resignation eventual his of premonition Three weeks earlier, at the Old Bailey, William Vassal!, an Admiralty Admiralty an Vassal!, William Bailey, Old the at earlier, weeks Three secretary, 'was nearly in tears.' tears.' in nearly 'was secretary,

cancellation went ahead. The poor boy,' Macmillan later told his press press his told later Macmillan boy,' poor The ahead. went cancellation

with Prime Minister Macmillan before the decision was taken, but the the but taken, was decision the before Macmillan Minister Prime with

strongly disagreed with his superior, the Minister of Defence, who who Defence, of Minister the superior, his with disagreed strongly

wanted to scrap the Blue Water missile project. Profumo met privately privately met Profumo project. missile Water Blue the scrap to wanted

Profumo was thinking of resigning over a quite different matter. He He matter. different quite a over resigning of thinking was Profumo

chatterboxes, the story was bound to reach a journalist in the end, end, the in journalist a reach to bound was story the chatterboxes, to the rich ground of the cocktail circuit. circuit. cocktail the of ground rich the to especially one like Douglas-Home, with his pedigree ears firmly pressed pressed firmly ears pedigree his with Douglas-Home, like one especially

in the press. In fact, with Wimpole Mews a crossroads for promiscuous promiscuous for crossroads a Mews Wimpole with fact, In press. the in of the story, and he strove valiantly to protect Profumo from exposure exposure from Profumo protect to valiantly strove he and story, the of

Profumo decided not to resign, but may that week have had a a had have week that may but resign, to not decided Profumo

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was dead, at the age of forty-two, of a massive heart attack, according according attack, heart massive a of forty-two, of age the at dead, was traceable assets, a sum more than cancelled out by tax and liabilities. liabilities. and tax by out cancelled than more sum a assets, traceable

'I've got bad news for you, little baby,' Ward told her. Peter Rachman Rachman Peter her. told Ward baby,' little you, for news bad got 'I've

to the death certificate. certificate. death the to American Mellon dynasty - got no reply when she tried to telephone telephone to tried she when reply no got - dynasty Mellon American Rachman. She flew home, and 'hurried round to see Stephen Ward. Ward. Stephen see to round 'hurried and home, flew She Rachman.

women around Dr Stephen Ward - except for Mandy Rice-Davies' Rice-Davies' Mandy for except - Ward Stephen Dr around women lover, Peter Rachman. His life came to an abrupt end. Rice-Davies, in in Rice-Davies, end. abrupt an to came life His Rachman. Peter lover,

Paris in late November with Senta Hitchcock - a member oldie wealthy wealthy oldie member a - Hitchcock Senta with November late in Paris

be ringing with their names, the seamy life continued for the men and and men the for continued life seamy the names, their with ringing be

when the scandal broke, Profumo could expect no quarter from Wigg. Wigg. from quarter no expect could Profumo broke, scandal the when Meanwhile, away from the parliamentary chamber that would soon soon would that chamber parliamentary the from away Meanwhile,

spiked Wigg's guns in Parliament, in a series of moves which Wigg Wigg which moves of series a in Parliament, in guns Wigg's spiked

and go, had until now been quite impressed with Profumo. After this this After Profumo. with impressed quite been now until had go, and

personal humiliation, he changed his mind. In the months to come, come, to months the In mind. his changed he humiliation, personal

regarded as dishonourable and deceitful. deceitful. and dishonourable as regarded

handled in the House without party political rancour, and to the the to and rancour, political party without House the in handled practical benefit of the Army in future operations. In the event, Profumo Profumo event, the In operations. future in Army the of benefit practical

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would have been decimated had there been any actual combat. He and and He combat. actual any been there had decimated been have would Profumo then struck a deal on the way Wigg's questions could be be could questions Wigg's way the on deal a struck then Profumo

was that British troops had been ill-prepared for desert warfare, and and warfare, desert for ill-prepared been had troops British that was

served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to a Labour Minister for for Minister Labour a to Secretary Private Parliamentary as served

year now he had been collating information on the British military military British the on information collating been had he now year

War, and was known as the Army's watchdog in the Commons. For a a For Commons. the in watchdog Army's the as known was and War,

Parliament. Parliament.

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fortnight after the mysterious telephone call, Profumo crossed Wigg in in Wigg crossed Profumo call, telephone mysterious the after fortnight

igation? George Wigg wondered about this for days. It was therefore therefore was It days. for this about wondered Wigg George igation?

did he get my number?' And what did the message mean, and why had had why and mean, message the did what And number?' my get he did

military affairs and espionage, and his reputation for tireless invest- tireless for reputation his and espionage, and affairs military

the call been carefully directed at Wigg, with his keen interest in in interest keen his with Wigg, at directed carefully been call the

recurring: how did the unknown caller know where I was, and how how and was, I where know caller unknown the did how recurring:

`Driving back to London,' he said later, 'the nagging question kept kept question nagging 'the later, said he London,' to back `Driving anonymous caller told Wigg to forget Vassall and investigate Profumo. Profumo. investigate and Vassall forget to Wigg told caller anonymous

Prime Minister was to set up an enquiry just two days after the the after days two just enquiry an up set to was Minister Prime

expert on intelligence, was preoccupied with the case in late late in case the with preoccupied was intelligence, on expert

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George Wigg, the man who had watched six War Ministers come come Ministers War six watched had who man the Wigg, George

Colonel Wigg, who had fought with distinction in both wars, had had wars, both in distinction with fought had who Wigg, Colonel

Wigg could not forget Vassall for the time being, but he was intrigued. intrigued. was he but being, time the for Vassall forget not could Wigg

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The The

wrote, 'and I heard a girl saying someone was shooting at the door. I I door. the at shooting was someone saying girl a heard I 'and wrote,

in Devonshire Street, treating a patient. 'The telephone rang,' he he rang,' telephone 'The patient. a treating Street, Devonshire in

loaded. Edgecombe called a minicab, and headed for Wimpole Mews. Mews. Wimpole for headed and minicab, a called Edgecombe loaded.

slipp

one she had acquired to protect herself from Lucky Gordon. It was was It Gordon. Lucky from herself protect to acquired had she one

difficult everything is. I told you not to phone...' When Edgecombe Edgecombe When phone...' to not you told I is. everything difficult spoke with him briefly. 'Look, Johnny,' she told him, 'you know how how know 'you him, told she Johnny,' 'Look, briefly. him with spoke

persisted, Keeler slammed down the telephone. Frantic, Edgecombe Edgecombe Frantic, telephone. the down slammed Keeler persisted,

phoned Wimpole Mews. Keeler was then visiting Rice-Davies and she she and Rice-Davies visiting then was Keeler Mews. Wimpole phoned

foreseen. foreseen.

he came to trial. This defiance had results that nobody could have have could nobody that results had defiance This trial. to came he

combe's relationship with another woman, refused. Indeed, she now now she Indeed, refused. woman, another with relationship combe's

told her sometime protector, she planned to testify against him when when him against testify to planned she protector, sometime her told arrange his surrender to the police. Keeler, jealous because of Edge- of because jealous Keeler, police. the to surrender his arrange

So did Edgecornbe, who had gone to ground in Brentford, hoping to to hoping Brentford, in ground to gone had who Edgecornbe, did So

escape arrest in connection with the knife attack. Then, tiring of life in in life of tiring Then, attack. knife the with connection in arrest escape

hiding, he asked Keeler to help him find a solicitor, one who would would who one solicitor, a find him help to Keeler asked he hiding,

seventeen stitches that had been sewn into Gordon's face a month month a face Gordon's into sewn been had that stitches seventeen

earlier, after the knifing in the All-Nighters Club. Club. All-Nighters the in knifing the after earlier,

Davies' hand. She shrieked when she realized what they were - the the - were they what realized she when shrieked She hand. Davies'

elsewhere, specifically to avoid Gordon. 'Give her these, with my love,' love,' my with these, her 'Give Gordon. avoid to specifically elsewhere,

attempt, the spurned lover had turned up at Wimpole Mews asking for for asking Mews Wimpole at up turned had lover spurned the attempt,

Keeler. Rice-Davies told him Keeler was not in - she was staying staying was she - in not was Keeler him told Rice-Davies Keeler. the West Indian growled, and thrust some tiny black objects into Rice- into objects black tiny some thrust and growled, Indian West the

ambulance. She saved Rice-Davies' life. life. Rice-Davies' saved She ambulance.

Gordon still refused to go away. A few days before Rice-Davies' suicide suicide Rice-Davies' before days few A away. go to refused still Gordon

dinner, she took an overdose of barbiturates. She drifted into a coma coma a into drifted She barbiturates. of overdose an took she dinner,

reading reading know the ending. Cliristine Keeler arrived at the flat, and called an an called and flat, the at arrived Keeler Cliristine ending. the know

at Wimpole Mews for a while. Then, one night when Ward was out to to out was Ward when night one Then, while. a for Mews Wimpole at

dirty pictures - someone had already removed most of them - but he he but - them of most removed already had someone - pictures dirty did find a bag of jewellery that had been Rachman's. Rachman's. been had that jewellery of bag a find did

would ask a friend, Pelham Pound, to clear up pornography he had had he pornography up clear to Pound, Pelham friend, a ask would left at a flat he used that had belonged to Rachman. Pound found few few found Pound Rachman. to belonged had that used he flat a at left

serial numbers. The real fortune probably had been salted away in in away salted been had probably fortune real The numbers. serial

foreign bank accounts. Months later, before his trial, Stephen Ward Ward Stephen trial, his before later, Months accounts. bank foreign

On his wrist when he died, however, was a gold bracelet engraved with with engraved bracelet gold a was however, died, he when wrist his On

It was about t p.m., and Stephen Ward was at his consulting rooms rooms consulting his at was Ward Stephen and p.m., t about was It

Ten days before Christmas, on 14 December 1962, Edgecombe tele- Edgecombe 1962, December 14 on Christmas, before days Ten

Undeterred by his injuries, Gordon continued his pursuit of Keeler. Keeler. of pursuit his continued Gordon injuries, his by Undeterred

Christine Keeler had her own problems during those weeks - Lucky Lucky - weeks those during problems own her had Keeler Christine

Mandy Rice-Davies, distraught over Rachman's death, took shelter shelter took death, Rachman's over distraught Rice-Davies, Mandy

d into his pocket the gun he had taken away from Keeler - the the - Keeler from away taken had he gun the pocket his into d

Gone With The Wind, Wind, The With Gone

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thinking it was a shame she would never never would she shame a was it thinking

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shooting, were asked to come to the police station for questioning. The The questioning. for station police the to come to asked were shooting,

surprised patient. Little did I know at the time that this was the start start the was this that time the at know I did Little patient. surprised

standing here shouting in the street. Come down to the door!" I said, said, I door!" the to down Come street. the in shouting here standing

of Lucky Gordon in the All-Nighters Club. Club. All-Nighters the in Gordon Lucky of

of a series of shattering events that would become known all over the the over all known become would that events shattering of series a of

"Man, this taxi's costing money." So at that she threw a pound out of of out pound a threw she that at So money." costing taxi's this "Man,

with intent to kill, possession of a gun, and with the earlier wounding wounding earlier the with and gun, a of possession kill, to intent with door down, but I kept bouncing off. So I started blazing away at the the at away blazing started I So off. bouncing kept I but down, door

by the patient Ward had been treating when Rice-Davies called during during called Rice-Davies when treating been had Ward patient the by "Christine's not here." I said, "Don't give me that bullshit!" and then then and bullshit!" that me give "Don't said, I here." not "Christine's immediately rang Scotland Yard, and went on treating my rather rather my treating on went and Yard, Scotland rang immediately Keeler had been using it for some time, as a place to hide from Gordon• Gordon• from hide to place a as time, some for it using been had Keeler

'No,' replied the driver. 'I've been revving the engine....' engine....' the revving been 'I've driver. the replied 'No,' Within hours, she she hours, Within

reasons yet to be explained. Conceivably, Fleet Street was tipped tipped was Street Fleet Conceivably, explained. be to yet reasons

press, meanwhile, had arrived on the scene even before the police — for for — police the before even scene the on arrived had meanwhile, press, flat. Ward's of door the on banging started and minicab his in arrived

'Mandy came to the window,' Edgecombe remembers today, 'and said, said, 'and today, remembers Edgecombe window,' the to came 'Mandy and the gun went off again. I didn't mean to shoot her....' her....' shoot to mean didn't I again. off went gun the and

at his home after a short siege. He was to be charged with shooting shooting with charged be to was He siege. short a after home his at

another clip of ammunition in Brantford and I wanted to get rid of it it of rid get to wanted I and Brantford in ammunition of clip another

quieten down. They went off to a Hat in Great Cumberland Place, near near Place, Cumberland Great in Hat a to off went They down. quieten Christine came to the window. I said, "I'm no fucking salesman, salesman, fucking no "I'm said, I window. the to came Christine

ing that mayhem had broken out in Wimpole Mews. Edgecombe had had Edgecombe Mews. Wimpole in out broken had mayhem that ing

foolish he had been: 'I had to get rid of the gun, so I ran round the the round ran I so gun, the of rid get to had 'I been: had he foolish by Ward, Rice-Davies and one of the neighbours, arrested Edgecombe Edgecombe arrested neighbours, the of one and Rice-Davies Ward, by

gun — a rare event in the London of those days. Stephen Ward asked asked Ward Stephen days. those of London the in event rare a — gun

world...' The girl on the telephone was Mandy Rice-Davies, announc. announc. Rice-Davies, Mandy was telephone the on girl The world...'

the shooting, the wife of a deputy editor of the the of editor deputy a of wife the shooting, the

man,' Edgecombe asked him, 'do you think I made too much noise?' noise?' much too made I think you 'do him, asked Edgecombe man,'

lock, but that didn't work either. That's when she came to the window, window, the to came she when That's either. work didn't that but lock,

before the police came.' The taxi driver was a helpful character. 'Hey, 'Hey, character. helpful a was driver taxi The came.' police the before

Marble Arch, with Kim Proctor, a photographer at the Stork Club- Stork the at photographer a Proctor, Kim with Arch, Marble

back of the house and stashed it. Then I got in the taxi, because I had had I because taxi, the in got I Then it. stashed and house the of back

headline next day shouted, 'GIRL 'GIRL shouted, day next headline

with all the ingredients: two young girls attacked at the home of a a of home the at attacked girls young two ingredients: the all with

the window, and that really did it. It really grated. I tried to break the the break to tried I grated. really It it. did really that and window, the

the girls to stay away until it all blew over, and hoped things would would things hoped and over, blew all it until away stay to girls the

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respected osteopath, a West Indian on the rampage, and the use of of use the and rampage, the on Indian West a osteopath, respected

At Wimpole Mews, Keeler and Rice-Davies, as witnesses to the the to witnesses as Rice-Davies, and Keeler Mews, Wimpole At

The shooting caused a positive explosion of even ts. The police, alerted alerted police, The ts. even of explosion positive a caused shooting The

Edgecombe had not injured anyone, but he realized at once how how once at realized he but anyone, injured not had Edgecombe

lit a a lit

hydra-headed fuse. fuse. hydra-headed

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IN IN

sums sums

DRAMA'. DRAMA'.

Daily Mirror. Mirror. Daily

This was a story story a was This

The Mirror s s Mirror The

off off

a a

Dr Stephen Ward a sexual enigma, 'provider of popsies for rich rich for popsies of 'provider enigma, sexual a Ward Stephen Dr

people abandoned him. him. abandoned people

Ty- Ty-

people' people'

— —

died when when died

the rich rich the

rr rr g g

mobbed the Old Bailey during Ward's trial. trial. Ward's during Bailey Old the mobbed

secret meetings with the FBI. Former Labour MP, John Lewis, had sworn vengeance against against vengeance sworn had Lewis, John MP, Labour Former FBI. the with meetings secret

Ward. Now, thanks to Christine Keeler, he got it. it. got he Keeler, Christine to thanks Now, Ward. Would the Macmillan government survive? People camped all night outside Parliament, and and Parliament, outside night all camped People survive? government Macmillan the Would

Some played more shadowy roles. Solicitor Michael Eddowes Eddowes Michael Solicitor roles. shadowy more played Some

(below (below

VI) VI)

flew to New York for for York New to flew

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and I would visit her secretly twice a week. I told her, "If you want a a want you "If her, told I week. a twice secretly her visit would I and

that....

he he

with a fiat near Regent's Park, provided she got rid of me. Christine Christine me. of rid got she provided Park, Regent's near fiat a with

me there repeatedly — practically every day for some weeks. He tried tried He weeks. some for day every practically — repeatedly there me

I had left Wimpole Mews to live with Johnny Edgecombe, he visited visited he Edgecombe, Johnny with live to Mews Wimpole left had I

to persuade me to come and live in the West End. But I refused.' refused.' I But End. West the in live and come to me persuade to

more and I went with him to his home in Kensington. And then, after after then, And Kensington. in home his to him with went I and more

emotional involvement with Keeler, but she claims otherwise. `He says says `He otherwise. claims she but Keeler, with involvement emotional he took me out to supper a couple of times....' Eddowes denies any any denies Eddowes times....' of couple a supper to out me took he

that that

round for coffee. He was interested in me. Soon after that first meeting meeting first that after Soon me. in interested was He coffee. for round

ried to make a deal with me — — me with deal a make to ried Ladbrokr Ladbrokr

over his own relationship with Christine Keeler. Keeler. Christine with relationship own his over

tud, go down to the Grove* and get yourself a boy there." That was was That there." boy a yourself get and Grove* the to down go tud,

gentleman. He is also rich, and fiercely anti-communist. These charac- These anti-communist. fiercely and rich, also is He gentleman.

the Profumo Affair. Affair. Profumo the teristics combined to make him a dangerous new player on the stage of of stage the on player new dangerous a him make to combined teristics

President Kennedy, on the premise — against all the evidence — that that — evidence the all against — premise the on Kennedy, President Eddowes has busied himself with research into the assassination of of assassination the into research with himself busied has Eddowes

the alleged killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, was actually a Soviet imposter. imposter. Soviet a actually was Oswald, Harvey Lee killer, alleged the

by Reginald Christie, who had slaughtered seven people and hidden hidden and people seven slaughtered had who Christie, Reginald by

their bodies in the house. For the past quarter-century, with less success, success, less with quarter-century, past the For house. the in bodies their

enquiry later accepted, that Timothy Evans was wrongly hanged for for hanged wrongly was Evans Timothy that accepted, later enquiry of the murders at to Rillington Place. Eddowes showed, and an official official an and showed, Eddowes Place. Rillington to at murders the of

the murder of a child at that address — the crime crime the — address that at child a of murder the

Vino. He is best known to the public for his penetrating investigation investigation penetrating his for public the to known best is He Vino.

had gone into business. He succeeded, with a property company, a a company, property a with succeeded, He business. into gone had copying machine company and a chain of restaurants called Bistro Bistro called restaurants of chain a and company machine copying

he went round to see her at once. once. at her see to round went he

the fifties, after running a law practice specializing in divorce work, he he work, divorce in specializing practice law a running after fifties, the

she needed someone .to talk to, someone responsible, and the man she she man the and responsible, someone to, talk .to someone needed she

picked was Ward's acquaintance and former patient Michael Eddowes. Eddowes. Michael patient former and acquaintance Ward's was picked According to Eddowes, Keeler sounded agitated on the telephone, so so telephone, the on agitated sounded Keeler Eddowes, to According

At 7 p.m. that evening, Keeler made a phone call. According to her, her, to According call. phone a made Keeler evening, that p.m. 7 At

Edgecombe corroborates Keeler's version. `She came back one day,' day,' one back came `She version. Keeler's corroborates Edgecombe

`I met him at Stephen Ward's flat,' Keeler was to say, `when he came came he `when say, to was Keeler flat,' Ward's Stephen at him met `I

Eddowes' motives in the case are obscured by the questions hanging hanging questions the by obscured are case the in motives Eddowes'

says, 'to 'to says, Rarely seen in anything but pinstripes, Eddowes is an old-fashioned old-fashioned an is Eddowes pinstripes, but anything in seen Rarely

Eddowes, who was fifty-nine in 1962, is a larger than life figure. In In figure. life than larger a is 1962, in fifty-nine was who Eddowes,

he only only he

, ,

Grove. Grove.

say that a Michael Eddowes had offered to provide her her provide to offered had Eddowes Michael a that say

met me three times altogether,' she has said. 'It was many many was 'It said. has she altogether,' times three me met

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she she

would go and live at Regent's Park, Park, Regent's at live and go would

was was

actually committed committed actually

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information. not Nanny. Eddowes, said Keeler, 'got it mixed up'. up'. mixed it 'got Keeler, said Eddowes, Nanny. not information.

said this to Eddowes. At all events, Eddowes kept quiet for the time time the for quiet kept Eddowes events, all At Eddowes. to this said

being. Meanwhile, another fuse had been lit. lit. been had fuse another Meanwhile, being.

of what was going on ... I had been informed by Dr Ward that the the that Ward Dr by informed been had I ... on going was what of months earlier, when Profunio's affair with Keeler started, started, Keeler with affair Profunio's when earlier, months

story. Instead he hired a private detective, former policeman Michael Michael policeman former detective, private a hired he Instead story.

none of my business."' Ward, who had duly reported to MI5 many many MI5 to reported duly had who Ward, business."' my of none later, 'because I had good reason to believe the authorities were aware aware were authorities the believe to reason good had I 'because later,

three people were being watched by the security people, and "It was was "It and people, security the by watched being were people three

Marler, to make further enquiries. Eddowes did nothing else, he said said he else, nothing did Eddowes enquiries. further make to Marler,

of the nuclear warheads to Germany." I cannot discuss whether she she whether discuss cannot I Germany." to warheads nuclear the of

She said, "Yes." I said, "Anything in particular?" She said, "The date date "The said, She particular?" in "Anything said, I "Yes." said, She

Miss Keeler was telling the truth.' truth.' the telling was Keeler Miss ask her if Ivanov tried to get her to get information out of Profumo. Profumo. of out information get to her get to tried Ivanov if her ask

By By tried to get the information.* I was very shocked. I am convinced that that convinced am I shocked. very was I information.* the get to tried

and the other come in the other. I judged the moment propitious to to propitious moment the judged I other. the in come other the and

shooting incident, complete with bullet holes. 'I thought it was a good good a was it thought 'I holes. bullet with complete incident, shooting of hers. She said they were, and that one used to go out of one door, door, one of out go to used one that and were, they said She hers. of

opportunity,' Eddowes said later, `to put my questions to her about the the about her to questions my put `to later, said Eddowes opportunity,'

possibility of espionage. I asked her if Ivanov and Profumo were friends friends were Profumo and Ivanov if her asked I espionage. of possibility

lovers.' lovers.' news on the television. Keeler got excited when she saw coverage of the the of coverage saw she when excited got Keeler television. the on news

did. He confided, according to Eddowes, 'that both War Minister John John Minister War both 'that Eddowes, to according confided, He did.

flat at Great Cumberland Place, Eddowes and Keeler watched the the watched Keeler and Eddowes Place, Cumberland Great at flat

seen, he had come across Ward meeting Eugene Ivanov in a coffee-bar coffee-bar a in Ivanov Eugene meeting Ward across come had he seen,

Profumo and a Soviet Naval attache, Captain Ivanov, were Christine's Christine's were Ivanov, Captain attache, Naval Soviet a and Profumo

at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. If that were not enough to to enough not were that If Crisis. Missile Cuban the of height the at pique his interest, something he claims Ward told him later certainly certainly later him told Ward claims he something interest, his pique

Keeler called him after the shooting at Wimpole Mews. As we have have we As Mews. Wimpole at shooting the after him called Keeler chances with a girl.' girl.' a with chances

says dryly of Eddowes' role in the Profumo case, 'He was involved with with involved was 'He case, Profumo the in role Eddowes' of dryly says

reason why he began to dabble in the affair. Ward had spoiled his his spoiled had Ward affair. the in dabble to began he why reason

Keeler, but she wouldn't leave Ward for him, and that was half the the half was that and him, for Ward leave wouldn't she but Keeler, of the World World the of

'It was a pack of lies.' He talks just as angrily of Peter Earle, the the Earle, Peter of angrily as just talks He lies.' of pack a was 'It

1963, and in Eddowes' view supported her 'lies'. Earle, now retired, retired, now Earle, 'lies'. her supported view Eddowes' in and 1963,

Eddowes did nothing publicly after hearing Keeler's sensational sensational Keeler's hearing after publicly nothing did Eddowes

On the evening of the day of the shooting, sitting in the third-floor third-floor the in sitting shooting, the of day the of evening the On all other accounts it was Ward, as recounted earlier, who asked Keeler to to Keeler asked who earlier, recounted as Ward, was it accounts other all

Whatever the truth of it, Eddowes responded with alacrity when when alacrity with responded Eddowes it, of truth the Whatever

'Keeler told everyone I wanted to marry her,' Eddowes says today. today. says Eddowes her,' marry to wanted I everyone told 'Keeler

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reporter who obtained Keeler's story for his newspaper in in newspaper his for story Keeler's obtained who reporter

IIONEYTRAP IIONEYTRAP

may have have may

gel the the gel

.News .News

she met a man who had been waiting more than ten years for the the for years ten than more waiting been had who man a met she

described as a party 'for old friends from the Cabaret Club'. As a result result a As Club'. Cabaret the from friends old 'for party a as described

making regular visits to Great Cumberland Place. Place. Cumberland Great to visits regular making

Keeler. Now, in late 1962, he was staying at Wimpole Mews and and Mews Wimpole at staying was he 1962, late in Now, Keeler.

was at Cliveden the weekend of the meeting between Profumo and and Profumo between meeting the of weekend the Cliveden at was

Stephen Ward, who was also a bridge enthusiast. In TOT he had made made had he TOT In enthusiast. bridge a also was who Ward, Stephen

frequent visits to Ward's Cliveden cottage. Mann had met Ivanov, and and Ivanov, met had Mann cottage. Cliveden Ward's to visits frequent

at clubs like the Connaught, had long since struck up a friendship with with friendship a up struck since long had Connaught, the like clubs at

called Paul Mann. Mann, a keen bridge player who regularly played played regularly who player bridge keen a Mann, Mann. Paul called

Amongst those allowed entry, along with Nina Gadd, was an old friend friend old an was Gadd, Nina with along entry, allowed those Amongst

Pportunity to destroy Stephen Ward. Now he had it, and it did not not did it and it, had he Now Ward. Stephen destroy to Pportunity

the press, had the locks changed at the flat in Great Cumberland Place. Place. Cumberland Great in flat the at changed locks the had press, the

of libel actions was to hold the newspapers back. But from now on, the the on, now from But back. newspapers the hold to was actions libel of

reporters were on the trail. trail. the on were reporters

lose the story to the the to story the lose

Ivanov affair. Too nervous to publish, its editors were eventually to to eventually were editors its publish, to nervous Too affair. Ivanov

would be the first newspaper to get Keller's account of the Profumo- the of account Keller's get to newspaper first the be would

flat at Great Cumberland Place, and in the weeks to come, come, to weeks the in and Place, Cumberland Great at flat information. She infiltrated a reporter, posing as a boyfriend, into the the into boyfriend, a as posing reporter, a infiltrated She information.

most powerful of the popular Sunday newspapers, to milk Keeler for for Keeler milk to newspapers, Sunday popular the of powerful most

one....' one....'

Keeler marked down as someone to watch. She was talking to every- to talking was She watch. to someone as down marked Keeler

what my game was, whereas Keeler never really cottoned on. I had had I on. cottoned really never Keeler whereas was, game my what 'Mandy was more intelligent and knew what was going on. She realized realized She on. going was what knew and intelligent more was 'Mandy

On Christmas Eve 1962, Mann took Keeler to what has been been has what to Keeler took Mann 1962, Eve Christmas On

of weeks in 1962. 1962. in weeks of

as a freelance for the the for freelance a as

had good credentials — she too had lived at Wimpole Mews for a couple couple a for Mews Wimpole at lived had too she — credentials good had

Keeler at least a year earlier. Unknown to Keeler, Gadd was working working was Gadd Keeler, to Unknown earlier. year a least at Keeler

such details, at this time? There was a spy in the Keeler camp, one of of one camp, Keeler the in spy a was There time? this at details, such Cumberland Place. This was Nina Gadd, nee Gorchekov, who had met met had who Gorchekov, nee Gadd, Nina was This Place. Cumberland

the immediate circle of friends she allowed into the flat at Great Great at flat the into allowed she friends of circle immediate the

deep water.' water.' deep

Christine Keeler, simultaneously running from Lucky Gordon and and Gordon Lucky from running simultaneously Keeler, Christine

He offered offered He

They were interested in buying the letters Profumo had written her. her. written had Profumo letters the buying in interested were They

shooting,' Mandy Rice-Davies recalls, 'a reporter came up to Christine. Christine. to up came reporter 'a recalls, Rice-Davies Mandy shooting,'

He was from the the from was He 'As 'As

From now on, Gadd was employed by the the by employed was Gadd on, now From

'I met Keeler and Mandy through a hairdresser,' Gadd says today. today. says Gadd hairdresser,' a through Mandy and Keeler met 'I

It was deep water indeed. But how did a major newspaper know know newspaper major a did how But indeed. water deep was It

we left the police station after making our statements after the the after statements our making after station police the left we

£2,000. We We £2,000.

Sunday Pictorial. Pictorial. Sunday

News of the World. World. the of News

Sunday Pictorial, as as Pictorial, Sunday

were both horrified ... this seemed like very very like seemed this ... horrified both were

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He told her his paper knew "the lot". lot". "the knew paper his her told He

For a while, though, the prospect prospect the though, while, a For

a source of information. She She information. of source a

Pictorial, Pictorial,

then one of the the of one then

the Pictorial Pictorial the

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so frightened of lawsuits, it might have turned a jaundiced eye on his his on eye jaundiced a turned have might it lawsuits, of frightened so

one one

and an Appeal Court judge later called the damages 'wholly un- un- 'wholly damages the called later judge Court Appeal an and

intent on smearing Stephen Ward. Ward. Stephen smearing on intent

loathsome in every sense. I think no one loathed him more than the the than more him loathed one no think I sense. every in loathsome

role as one of the main sources of information on the scandal — a source source a — scandal the on information of sources main the of one as role

until 1964, and Fleet Street was understandably gun-shy when Lewis Lewis when gun-shy understandably was Street Fleet and 1964, until turned out to have a role in the Profumo case. Had the press not been been not press the Had case. Profumo the in role a have to out turned

reasonable', and ordered a new trial. Things were not put right, though, though, right, put not were Things trial. new a ordered and reasonable',

and the the and

investigating his affairs. The police had indeed been on Lewis' trail, trail, Lewis' on been indeed had police The affairs. his investigating

In 1965 he won enormous sums in damages against the the against damages in sums enormous won he 1965 In

optimistic reports about his own companies, when in fact they were were they fact in when companies, own his about reports optimistic losing money.' money.' losing

with his business reputation. A veteran City analyst, Roger Whipp, Whipp, Roger analyst, City veteran A reputation. business his with

of bumping into a police car on the way to a parliamentary debate debate parliamentary a to way the on car police a into bumping of

Morgan Phillips. Publicly and privately, he was an embarrassment. embarrassment. an was he privately, and Publicly Phillips. Morgan

The Party got unwelcome publicity when he ended up in court accused accused court in up ended he when publicity unwelcome got Party The recalls Lewis as 'a nasty piece of work ...... work of piece nasty 'a as Lewis recalls

... has resulted in a spate of rumours that John Lewis is not a fit and and fit a not is Lewis John that rumours of spate a in resulted has ... not once but three times. He was thought to have obtained his post of of post his obtained have to thought was He times. three but once not Parliamentary Private Secretary corruptly, and that was consistent consistent was that and corruptly, Secretary Private Parliamentary

John Lewis, like Ward, had just turned fifty. He had made a fortune fortune a made had He fifty. turned just had Ward, like Lewis, John

lack of personal or business honesty or integrity on his part.' part.' his on integrity or honesty business or personal of lack

the then Labour leader, Clement Attlee, and the Party Secretary, Secretary, Party the and Attlee, Clement leader, Labour then the proper person to represent the Party in Parliament, because of some some of because Parliament, in Party the represent to person proper

of rubber. After the war he had become Labour MP for Bolton, and and Bolton, for MP Labour become had he war the After rubber. of

Party files, released to us in 1987, states, 'The final refusal to endorse endorse to refusal final 'The states, 1987, in us to released files, Party was at first well regarded, becoming Parliamentary Private Secretary Secretary Private Parliamentary becoming regarded, well first at was

to the Postmaster-General. Then, when he lost his seat in 1951, the the 1951, in seat his lost he when Then, Postmaster-General. the to

Labour national executive refused to endorse him as a candidate for for candidate a as him endorse to refused executive national Labour the next election. No reason was given, but a document in Labour Labour in document a but given, was reason No election. next the

years earlier, largely from inventions connected with the industrial use use industrial the with connected inventions from largely earlier, years

Intelligence had been watching. watching. been had Intelligence matter who else got hurt in the attempt. And all the time, British British time, the all And attempt. the in hurt got else who matter

The Man With the the With Man The

'John Lewis,' says former Conservative MP William Shepherd, `wa Shepherd, William MP Conservative former says Lewis,' 'John

Lewis regularly resorted to law to silence those who found him out. out. him found who those silence to law to resorted regularly Lewis

During his time in Parliament, Lewis had clashed violently with both both with violently clashed had Lewis Parliament, in time his During

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of of

the lowest forms of human existence I've ever met. He was was He met. ever I've existence human of forms lowest the

Daily Mail Mail Daily

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over stories reporting that the Fraud Squad was was Squad Fraud the that reporting stories over

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Stephen. And he put her up for the night at his place. It was a totally totally a was It place. his at night the for up her put he And Stephen.

friendly gesture on his part....' part....' his on gesture friendly

went out in great distress, and didn't know what to do, and called called and do, to what know didn't and distress, great in out went all the beautiful women in London.' London.' in women beautiful the all Lewis had lots of fights, rows and walkouts. And on one occasion she she occasion one on And walkouts. and rows fights, of lots had Lewis

ground. 'Evidence has been given,' the judge in the Lewis divorce was was divorce Lewis the in judge the given,' been has 'Evidence ground. Nam Nam

to say, 'that Mullally had said his greatest ambition was to sleep with with sleep to was ambition greatest his said had Mullally 'that say, to

field and John Profumo. For Mullally, it was a happy hunting- happy a was it Mullally, For Profumo. John and field reupo

side the exotic cast of characters who had adorned this story: David, David, story: this adorned had who characters of cast exotic the side

Marquess of Milford Haven, the Indian Maharajahs, the film stars, stars, film the Maharajahs, Indian the Haven, Milford of Marquess

photographers Baron and Beauchamp, 'Dandy Kim' Caborn-Water- Kim' 'Dandy Beauchamp, and Baron photographers

bers, they had wined and dined at London's best watering-holes along- watering-holes best London's at dined and wined had they bers,

The man she looked to for suggestions was Dr Stephen Ward. Ward Ward Ward. Stephen Dr was suggestions for to looked she man The

Mullally. Mullally.

introduced her to the reporter, and later successful novelist, Frederic Frederic novelist, successful later and reporter, the to her introduced

flair with another another with flair advice. 'Find .yourself a man with whom you can commit adultery.' adultery.' commit can you whom with man a .yourself 'Find advice.

Dr David Minton, who testified at the 5954 divorce hearing, Mrs Lewis Lewis Mrs hearing, divorce 5954 the at testified who Minton, David Dr

brought her troubles to him. 'Find yourself a lover,' was the doctor's doctor's the was lover,' a yourself 'Find him. to troubles her brought

ad Three years after the war, Lewis married a beautiful model called Joy Joy called model beautiful a married Lewis war, the after years Three

Fletcher. It was a disaster, not least because of Lewis' philandering and and philandering Lewis' of because least not disaster, a was It Fletcher.

his alleged interest in bizarre sex. According to the family physician, physician, family the to According sex. bizarre in interest alleged his

as so often in this story, was at the heart of the matter. matter. the of heart the at was story, this in often so as

implacable hatred, a hatred directed above all at Stephen Ward. Sex, Sex, Ward. Stephen at all above directed hatred a hatred, implacable

and her case is special. He was apparently capable of venomous, venomous, of capable apparently was He special. is case her and

clot myself, but not before before not but myself, clot

for Lewis, who died in 1969, with the exception of Christine Keeler, Keeler, Christine of exception the with 1969, in died who Lewis, for

Labour Party....' We have failed to find anyone who had a good word word good a had who anyone find to failed have We Party....' Labour

er it. I was with him when he got got he when him with was I it. er

tzerottinaert

Ironically, Ironically,

Today Mullally remembers how he met John Lewis's wife. 'She and and 'She wife. Lewis's John met he how remembers Mullally Today

a though

Mullally had known Ward for years. Side by side, Mullally remem- remem- Mullally side, by Side years. for Ward known had Mullally

really enraged Lewis. It was later, when he discovered that Ward Ward that discovered he when later, was It Lewis. enraged really

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queen, a lesbian, with whom she had an affair. This, This, affair. an had she whom with lesbian, a queen,

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'when he found Stephen had fixed her up with a a with up her fixed had Stephen found he 'when

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year.' year.'

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assault on his manhood ... He had a heart attack attack heart a had He ... manhood his on assault

woman. woman.

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remember he took out a revolver, and said, "I'll "I'll said, and revolver, a out took he remember

,* a female associate of Lewis, to a lesbian lesbian a to Lewis, of associate female a ,*

'He went potty,' Ward's friend Warwick Warwick friend Ward's potty,' went 'He

DISASTER LOOMS LOOMS DISASTER

was his burning hatred for Ward, which which Ward, for hatred burning his was

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get Ward." From then on, the most most the on, then From Ward." get

the the

news. He said, "I will get Ward Ward get will "I said, He news.

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stir a few years earlier — it was annulled on the grounds of non- of grounds the on annulled was it — earlier years few a stir

cons u mma tion. tion. mma u cons

His marriage to tennis star 'Gorgeous Gussie' Moran had caused a a caused had Moran Gussie' 'Gorgeous star tennis to marriage His

advertisers. He was also, according to the press, something of a playboy. playboy. a of something press, the to according also, was He advertisers.

major holding in a company linked to Pearl and Dean, the cinema cinema the Dean, and Pearl to linked company a in holding major

old American then living in London. He was a businessman, with a a with businessman, a was He London. in living then American old

of Commons. Commons. of

heavily censored. They focus on Thomas Corbally, a forty-two-year- a Corbally, Thomas on focus They censored. heavily the time the at information the given was Minister Prime the if But

FBI file specifies, he should should he specifies, file FBI

Macmillan was a silent accomplice to Profumo's later lie in the House House the in lie later Profumo's to accomplice silent a was Macmillan

American source, on 28 January. January. 28 on source, American

suggest the Prime Minister was briefed on the Profumo problem by an an by problem Profumo the on briefed was Minister Prime the suggest

lying. Yet he did nothing. This leads to the worst possibility of all, that that all, of possibility worst the to leads This nothing. did he Yet lying. to Denning— decided to accept Profumo's word that they were untrue. untrue. were they that word Profumo's accept to decided Denning— to

by the Chief Whip, Martin Redmayne, on 4 February, and — according according — and February, 4 on Redmayne, Martin Whip, Chief the by

day, the time that Eugene Ivanov left London. If accurate, the reports reports the accurate, If London. left Ivanov Eugene that time the day,

cover the last days'ofJanuary and early February 1963. 1963. February early and days'ofJanuary last the cover

began rushing about trying to suppress the truth. It was also, to the the to also, was It truth. the suppress to trying about rushing began

files, released only recently and never analysed by historians. They They historians. by analysed never and recently only released files,

with the Chief Whip indicates that it took place no earlier than February February than earlier no place took it that indicates Whip Chief the with

exchange of letters with Macmillan, and his account of the conversation conversation the of account his and Macmillan, with letters of exchange

with the Chief Whip, and he did — including his opinion that Profumo Profumo that opinion his including — did he and Whip, Chief the with had slept with Keeler. Shepherd, however, has not kept copies of his his of copies kept not has however, Shepherd, Keeler. with slept had

1963. 1963.

the Government.' Macmillan, he says, asked him to discuss his worries worries his discuss to him asked says, he Macmillan, Government.' the

the affair blew up telling him he he him telling up blew affair the

as a showgirl, says he wrote to the Prime Minister six months before before months six Minister Prime the to wrote he says showgirl, a as

Ward and had been a customer at the club where Keeler first appeared appeared first Keeler where club the at customer a been had and Ward

or even earlier, and still did nothing. nothing. did still and earlier, even or

Denning months later, that Profumo's denials were truthful. truthful. were denials Profumo's that later, months Denning General, the Chief Whip, and others to talk to him: and if there was was there if and him: to talk to others and Whip, Chief the General,

Profumo-Keeler-Ivanov triangle — by credible sources — in early 1963, 1963, early in — sources credible by — triangle Profumo-Keeler-Ivanov

anything in it, he would say it to them.' them.' to it say would he it, in anything

164. 164.

The new evidence comes from a a from comes evidence new The

As we have seen, the Prime Minister was told about the allegations allegations the about told was Minister Prime the seen, have we As

This was the very time Profumo and his friends, including Ward, Ward, including friends, his and Profumo time very the was This

Much more troubling is a long series of reports in American official official American in reports of series long a is troubling more Much

Some believe, though, that the Prime Minister was told about the the about told was Minister Prime the that though, believe, Some

The Prime Minister remained 'satisfied completely', he told Lord Lord told he completely', 'satisfied remained Minister Prime The

William Shepherd, the Conservative MP who knew Profumo and and Profumo knew who MP Conservative the Shepherd, William

2. 2.

He thought it better to get friends of his own age, the Attorney- the age, own his of friends get to better it thought He

already already

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was was

have been aware that Profumo was was Profumo that aware been have

mass mass

'sick and tired of immorality in in immorality of tired and 'sick

of FBI documents, some some documents, FBI of

happened to arrive while Corbally was talking. He subsequently replied replied subsequently He talking. was Corbally while arrive to happened

openly, but then excused himself on the advice of his lawyer, who who lawyer, his of advice the on himself excused then but openly, chain of events, reported here for the first time, that may have led to to led have may that time, first the for here reported events, of chain

basis basis American', and from the files, we learned the following story. story. following the learned we files, the from and American',

looked at me and said, "What's wrong with your knee?" It was about about was It knee?" your with wrong "What's said, and me at looked

'and I like pretty girls. He liked to gossip and talked incessantly about about incessantly talked and gossip to liked He girls. pretty like I 'and

rented by another American. Both men were involved in the bizarre bizarre the in involved were men Both American. another by rented

knee, so serious, he was told, that only surgery would help. Then Then help. would surgery only that told, was he serious, so knee, Christine Keeler, briefly, at a party. He sums her up as 'petite, pretty pretty 'petite, as up her sums He party. a at briefly, Keeler, Christine

Corbally, 'I was at a party one night and some bloke I didn't know know didn't I bloke some and night one party a at was 'I Corbally, The second American also knew Rice-Davies, and met John Profumo Profumo John met and Rice-Davies, knew also American second The

rented by the second American. He was suffering from an injured injured an from suffering was He American. second the by rented

him round to Duke Street. 'He knew a lot of pretty girls,' says Corbally, Corbally, says girls,' pretty of lot a knew 'He Street. Duke to round him

to questions in writing, through the lawyer. From him and the 'second 'second the and him From lawyer. the through writing, in questions to

up to my knee. And fifteen minutes later I walked back into the party party the into back walked I later minutes fifteen And knee. my to up

Macmillan hearing about the. Profumo-Keeler-Ivanov triangle from from triangle Profumo-Keeler-Ivanov the. about hearing Macmillan

American cannot be named here — he gave an interview only on the the on only interview an gave he — here named be cannot American

called the Bus Stop. In her distress, distress, her In Stop. Bus the called with nothing, no swelling.' swelling.' no nothing, with

book, and clearly still regard the matter as highly sensitive. The second second The sensitive. highly as matter the regard still clearly and book,

face, and dumb'. Michael Eddowes, the solicitor who knew Ward Ward knew who solicitor the Eddowes, Michael dumb'. and face, and Rice-Davies sitting on each side of the armchair'. armchair'. the of side each on sitting Rice-Davies and

construction heiress Valerie McAlpine, whom Rice-Davies knew well. well. knew Rice-Davies whom McAlpine, Valerie heiress construction flat a lot ... I certainly liked him and I considered him a friend.' friend.' a him considered I and him liked certainly I ... lot a flat

thirty seconds I was in some place in the flat with my trousers pulled pulled trousers my with flat the in place some in was I seconds thirty

that — according to the FBI files — the Profumo Profumo the — files FBI the to according — that

and Keeler, recalls a party at Duke Street where Corbally 'had Keeler Keeler 'had Corbally where Street Duke at party a recalls Keeler, and as big as my head ... he put his hand on my knee, and within about about within and knee, my on hand his put he ... head my as big as

to visit Duke Street on 28 or or 28 on Street Duke visit to through a mutual friend, another British minister. Corbally met met Corbally minister. British another friend, mutual a through the American Embassy. Both were contacted during the writing of this this of writing the during contacted were Both Embassy. American the

the attention of Prime Minister Macmillan. Macmillan. Minister Prime of attention the

the things he knew ... I entertained a lot, and and lot, a entertained I ... knew he things the

touch with him to this day. He had once, reportedly, been engaged to to engaged been reportedly, once, had He day. this to him with touch

Parker. Her lover, Antonio Melia, Melia, Antonio lover, Her Parker.

On that day, disaster struck for a young London model called Sylvia Sylvia called model London young a for struck disaster day, that On

The miracle worker was Dr Ward, and Corbally gratefully invited invited gratefully Corbally and Ward, Dr was worker miracle The

In early 1963, Corbally was living at a flat in Duke Street, Mayfair, Mayfair, Street, Duke in flat a at living was Corbally 1963, early In

It seems that Ward not only knew the two Americans, but had reason reason had but Americans, two the knew only not Ward that seems It

In late 1962 Corbally was living at a flat in Duke Street, Mayfair, Mayfair, Street, Duke in flat a at living was Corbally 1962 late In

Corbally met Mandy Rice-Davies, and liked her — she has not lost lost not has she — her liked and Rice-Davies, Mandy met Corbally

that he remains unidentified. Thomas Corbally began talking talking began Corbally Thomas unidentified. remains he that

PROFUMO AT BAY BAY AT PROFUMO

29 29

January. It was the 28th, a Monday, Monday, a 28th, the was It January.

was was

Parker turned to a German Of- Of- German a to turned Parker

shot dead outside a Soho club club Soho a outside dead shot

Stephen was around around was Stephen

case case

was brought to to brought was

says says

165 165 my my

and a letter had been written to the the to written been had letter a and

about to go to Washington. Wells can handle it.' Alfred Wells, the the Wells, Alfred it.' handle can Wells Washington. to go to about

saying that Christine Keeler had sold an article to the the to article an sold had Keeler Christine that saying

of Counter-Intelligence, `that the impending scandal had been brought brought been had scandal impending the `that Counter-Intelligence, of

Ì can't follow up myself,' he told the second American. Ì'm just just Ì'm American. second the told he myself,' up follow can't Ì

Ambassador's Assistant, did follow through. through. follow did Assistant, Ambassador's

to the attention of the Prime Minister on the evening of January 28, 28, January of evening the on Minister Prime the of attention the to

him....' him....'

about it incessantly Mr Corbally felt that the truth would be served served be would truth the that felt Corbally Mr incessantly it about

socially, and there was no problem getting through. Bruce listened listened Bruce through. getting problem no was there and socially,

It then stated, as summarized for the FBI Assistant Director in charge charge in Director Assistant FBI the for summarized as stated, then It sketched him for the the for him sketched

randum, As regurgitated by the FBI, it supposedly quoted Corbally as as Corbally quoted supposedly it FBI, the by regurgitated As randum,

better by the Ambassador talking to Ward direct rather than through through than rather direct Ward to talking Ambassador the by better

do something about it. He placed a call direct to the most senior senior most the to direct call a placed He it. about something do

carefully. It was the first he had heard of the story, and he was interested. interested. was he and story, the of heard had he first the was It carefully.

Ambassador asked Mr Corbally about Ward's knowledge of the the of knowledge Ward's about Corbally Mr asked Ambassador lawyer. The lawyer states: `Mr Corbally was asked to visit the American American the visit to asked was Corbally `Mr states: lawyer The lawyer.

Corbally knew Stephen Ward as his patient and friend. When the the When friend. and patient his as Ward Stephen knew Corbally

He had met Ward himself, eighteen months earlier, when the osteopath osteopath the when earlier, months eighteen himself, Ward met had He interested all right — the information was clearly explosive. explosive. clearly was information the — right all interested

American in London, Ambassador Bruce. They knew each other other each knew They Bruce. Ambassador London, in American Ambassador's invitation ... The Ambassador had been told that Mr Mr that told been had Ambassador The ... invitation Ambassador's

Profumo affair, Mr Corbally told the Ambassador that Ward spoke spoke Ward that Ambassador the told Corbally Mr affair, Profumo

him, and so on....' on....' so and him,

Astor's place at Cliveden, that she met Profumo, had an affair with with affair an had Profumo, met she that Cliveden, at place Astor's

Ambassador, and did so on or about the 28th or agth... this was at the the at was this agth... or 28th the about or on so did and Ambassador,

friend of the Astors, and had visited Cliveden. The Ambassador was was Ambassador The Cliveden. visited had and Astors, the of friend stop the truth coming out in the the in out coming truth the stop

Christine had been seeing Ivanov, that he had taken Ivanov to the the to Ivanov taken had he that Ivanov, seeing been had Christine

and Lord Astor began mounting their attempt to silence Keeler and and Keeler silence to attempt their mounting began Astor Lord and

friends. friends.

in the midst of his own troubles — came round to see her. her. see to round came — troubles own his of midst the in

thing in Ward's, mind, and at Duke Street, he confided in his American American his in confided he Street, Duke at and mind, Ward's, in thing

was then given shelter and comfort at Duke Street, and Stephen Ward — — Ward Stephen and Street, Duke at comfort and shelter given then was

riend, Elizabeth Brunley, then staying at Corbaily's flat. She herself herself She flat. Corbaily's at staying then Brunley, Elizabeth riend,

166 166

Bruce wanted Ward's information, but was about to leave London. London. leave to about was but information, Ward's wanted Bruce

On On

Thomas Corbally told us about this part of the episode through his his through episode the of part this about us told Corbally Thomas

It was an extraordinary story, and the second American decided to to decided American second the and story, extraordinary an was It

`Stephen', the second American recalls, `proceeded to tell me that that me tell to `proceeded recalls, American second the `Stephen',

The twenty-eighth of January was the very day that Ward, Profumo Profumo Ward, that day very the was January of twenty-eighth The

29 29

January, according to the FBI dossier, Wells wrote a memo- a wrote Wells dossier, FBI the to according January,

Illustrated London News. News. London Illustrated

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Sunday Pictorial. Pictorial. Sunday

[Sunday Pictorial], Pictorial], [Sunday

Bruce was also a personal personal a also was Bruce

It was the foremost foremost the was It

putting the paper paper the putting

Sunday Pictorial. Pictorial. Sunday

January. Corbally categorically denies that this information came from from came information this that denies categorically Corbally January.

Jamaican Jamaican

ster's office with the information. A senior official later called back to to back called later official senior A information. the with office ster's

subject, neither about the 29 January memorandum, nor about his his about nor memorandum, January 29 the about neither subject,

Strand. `Mr Wells,' according to Corbally, 'obtained answers to all the the all to answers 'obtained Corbally, to according Wells,' `Mr Strand.

scandal, in June, repeats that the Prime Minister was advised on 28 28 on advised was Minister Prime the that repeats June, in scandal,

Simpson's. He reported that he had contacted the British Prime Mini- Prime British the contacted had he that reported He Simpson's.

say that he had passed the information to Macmillan. The Prime Prime The Macmillan. to information the passed had he that say

on 13 February, Bruce's assistant, Wells, sat down to lunch with Stephen Stephen with lunch to down sat Wells, assistant, Bruce's February, 13 on

and by a woman who was present, took place at Simpson's-in-the- at place took present, was who woman a by and distinguished prime minister who is now dead and unable to answer answer to unable and dead now is who minister prime distinguished

couldn't shut him up.' up.' him shut couldn't Ambassador Bruce or anyone else told the Prime Minister'. The evi- The Minister'. Prime the told else anyone or Bruce Ambassador deeply resent his name being used to besmirch the reputation of a a of reputation the besmirch to used being name his resent deeply

Minister, the official told Wells, dismissed the Profumo story as 'absol- as story Profumo the dismissed Wells, told official the Minister, on notice that the Government is aware of the story, and that under under that and story, the of aware is Government the that notice on dence is that the information was at some stage passed on by the the by on passed stage some at was information the that is dence

British law the story could not be published until after the trial of the the of trial the after until published be not could story the law British

Ambassador's office. Weeks after the January meetings at the the at meetings January the after Weeks office. Ambassador's

for himself.' himself.' for

`went into everything about Mr Profumo, absolutely A to Z. You You Z. to A absolutely Profumo, Mr about everything into `went questions he put to Mr Ward'. 'Stephen,' says the second American, American, second the says 'Stephen,' Ward'. Mr to put he questions

later meeting with Stephen Ward. According to the second American, American, second the to According Ward. Stephen with meeting later

ment in France says he 'cannot remember' anything at all on the the on all at anything remember' 'cannot he says France in ment

he had no contact with him or others in his government ... he would would he ... government his in others or him with contact no had he Ward. The meeting, confirmed by both Corbally, the second American, American, second the Corbally, both by confirmed meeting, The Ward.

him. His lawyer says, `Mr Corbally did not know the Prime Minister, Minister, Prime the know not did Corbally `Mr says, lawyer His him. of lines. At one point they appear to indicate that the London Embassy Embassy London the that indicate to appear they point one At lines. of

of the FBI's New York office, John Malone, and subsequent documents, documents, subsequent and Malone, John office, York New FBI's the of

albeit heavily censored under national security classification, indicate indicate classification, security national under censored heavily albeit

utely ridiculous'. ridiculous'. utely

On 20 June, the matter was discussed at a meeting attended by the the by attended meeting a at discussed was matter the June, 20 On

Defense Secretary, the Director of the CIA, the head of the Defense Defense the of head the CIA, the of Director the Secretary, Defense

though, Wells said at the time exactly what he did after the lunch at at lunch the after did he what exactly time the at said Wells though, his American Lawyer's advice, Thomas Corbally went to see the head head the see to went Corbally Thomas advice, Lawyer's American his

ments involved are are involved ments

Intelligence Agency, and an Assistant Director of the FBI. The docu- The FBI. the of Director Assistant an and Agency, Intelligence that there was an unholy flap in Washington once the scandal broke. broke. scandal the once Washington in flap unholy an was there that

Astonishingly the Ambassador's Assistant Wells, contacted in retire- in contacted Wells, Assistant Ambassador's the Astonishingly

Corbally points out, however, that he was `not aware of what what of aware `not was he that however, out, points Corbally

Another FBI memorandum, sent from London at the height of the the of height the at London from sent memorandum, FBI Another

In Washington, later in the year, the matter was taken seriously. On On seriously. taken was matter the year, the in later Washington, In

[John. Edgecombe]....' Edgecombe]....' [John.

censored almost out of existence, except except existence, of out almost censored

PROFUMO AT BAY BAY AT PROFUMO

for a couple couple a for

bassy, bassy, /67 /67

January — the day Macmillan had supposedly been informed — there is is there — informed been supposedly had Macmillan day the — January

whole page is missing from the day's coverage. Some of the journal is is journal the of Some coverage. day's the from missing is page whole and dinner at served food of details to down activity, day's each of

held by the Virginia Historical Society. Bruce kept a meticulous record record meticulous a kept Bruce Society. Historical Virginia the by held

January. He had ordered Wells, his own Assistant, to investigate, and and investigate, to Assistant, own his Wells, ordered had He January.

precise comments on people he spoke to or met each day. day. each met or to spoke he people on comments precise

'failed to react to the information they were given in January. Another, Another, January. in given were they information the to react to 'failed

no reference to Profumo. Nor is there on the next day, the 29th, but a a but 29th, the day, next the on there is Nor Profumo. to reference no

papers as released by the State Department, but also his journals, now now journals, his also but Department, State the by released as papers

done so.' so.' done

Thomas Corbally and the second American. He was on excellent excellent on was He American. second the and Corbally Thomas as follows: 'Few people believe that Macmillan, whose private integrity integrity private whose Macmillan, that believe people 'Few follows: as

in late January? January? late in

up for Macmillan? Macmillan? for up

Minister at any moment of the day or night. Did Bruce brief Macmillan Macmillan brief Bruce Did night. or day the of moment any at Minister

has never been questioned, would have connived at a clumsy attempt attempt clumsy a at connived have would questioned, been never has

Wells had reportedly informed the Prime Minister's office of what what of office Minister's Prime the informed reportedly had Wells report sent in June by Ambassador Bruce to President Kennedy, reads reads Kennedy, President to Bruce Ambassador by June in sent report

Corbally and his friend had learned from Ward — many weeks before before weeks many — Ward from learned had friend his and Corbally

Profumo's lying statement to Parliament. Did Ambassador Bruce cover cover Bruce Ambassador Did Parliament. to statement lying Profumo's

himself had been given information on the Profumo case, as early as as early as case, Profumo the on information given been had himself

had lied. Nor would it consort with the character of the PM to have have to PM the of character the with consort it would Nor lied. had

innocence in a personal briefing to the President several months later, later, months several President the to briefing personal a in innocence

to avoid an almost inevitable disclosure if he had known that Profumo Profumo that known had he if disclosure inevitable almost an avoid to unless he really believed the Prime Minister was blameless? Yet Bruce Bruce Yet blameless? was Minister Prime the believed really he unless personal terms with the Prime Minister. Also, as Ambassador, he was was he Ambassador, as Also, Minister. Prime the with terms personal

the American in London who could get straight through to the Prime Prime the to through straight get could who London in American the

William Burdett, contacted recently, could recall no details of the the of details no recall could recently, contacted Burdett, William

for national security reasons. And again, memories are strangely faulty. faulty. strangely are memories again, And reasons. security national for

what had really happened. happened. really had what

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State William Burdett, was was Burdett, William State of Secretary Assistant Deputy

London visit. visit. London

Ambassador Bruce. Again, even today, much of the cable is censored censored is cable the of much today, even Again, Bruce. Ambassador State Dean Rusk decided to send an emissary to London to sort out out sort to London to emissary an send to decided Rusk Dean State

London to look into this matter.' He was to take the problem up with with up problem the take to was He matter.' this into look to London

dated the day after the high-level meeting, shows that Secretary of of Secretary that shows meeting, high-level the after day the dated

The Bruce journal is almost pedantically detailed, and on 28 28 on and detailed, pedantically almost is journal Bruce The

Bruce is dead, but in 1987 we were able to examine not only his his only not examine to able were we 1987 in but dead, is Bruce

A recently released State Department document, an 'Eyes Only' Only' 'Eyes an document, Department State released recently A

Is it conceivable that Bruce would have championed Macmillan's Macmillan's championed have would Bruce that conceivable it Is

What of Bruce himself? He was the man who originally saw both both saw originally who man the was He himself? Bruce of What

A few days later, on 25 June, the FBI was told that the emissary, emissary, the that told was FBI the June, 25 on later, days few A

'en route route 'en

opposite number at the Ministry for War, John Profumo. The infor- The Profumo. John War, for Ministry the at number opposite

either of these officials used the cottages in any improper way. way. improper any in cottages the used officials these of either

cottage, was to do the same. There is, of course, no suggestion that that suggestion no course, of is, There same. the do to was cottage,

mation now went full circle — Fraser's secretary passed it on to John John to on it passed secretary Fraser's — circle full went now mation

cottage on the Cliveden estate. Soon, realizing that these circumstances circumstances these that realizing Soon, estate. Cliveden the on cottage

might prove embarrassing, he stopped using the cottage. One of the the of One cottage. the using stopped he embarrassing, prove might Profumo himself. 'There are always rumours', was was rumours', always are 'There himself. Profumo

Prime Minister's secretaries, Sir Philip Zulueta, who also used an Astor Astor an used also who Zulueta, Philip Sir secretaries, Minister's Prime

Harold Pinter— this was a timely warning. He was indeed friendly with with friendly indeed was He warning. timely a was this Pinter— Harold

all."' all."' Bossom. 'I asked him, "Are you involved?" and he said, "No, not at at not "No, said, he and involved?" you "Are him, asked 'I Bossom. Bossom says he reported at once to his own Minister, Secretary for Air Air for Secretary Minister, own his to once at reported he says Bossom

Hugh Fraser. 'I knew my Minister had a cottage at Cliveden,' says says Cliveden,' at cottage a had Minister my knew 'I Fraser. Hugh

Lord Astor, had met Ward, and, like him, had been given the use of a a of use the given been had him, like and, Ward, met had Astor, Lord

ministers for the armed forces, one each for Army, Navy, and Air Force. Force. Air and Navy, Army, for each one forces, armed the for ministers

Cliveden, but he was not told which minister. There were only three three only were There minister. which told not was he but Cliveden,

at the US Embassy telling him, 'in a stupid way, at the end of a dinner, dinner, a of end the at way, stupid a 'in him, telling Embassy US the at

was told the essence of the story, told that it involved a minister and and minister a involved it that told story, the of essence the told was `cannot remember'. remember'. `cannot

Bossom, and Wells — consistent with his responses on the whole affair - affair whole the on responses his with consistent — Wells and Bossom,

that there was a case pending against a minister of the Forces.' Bossom Bossom Forces.' the of minister a against pending case a was there that Bossom, Wells and Corbally present. Today Corbally says he never met met never he says Corbally Today present. Corbally and Wells Bossom,

government did learn what the Americans knew about Profumo. Profumo. about knew Americans the what learn did government

Assistant, the word was also passed to Clive Bossom, Parliamentary Parliamentary Bossom, Clive to passed also was word the Assistant,

meeting took place on 5 February, according to an FBI report, with with report, FBI an to according February, 5 on place took meeting

According to the FBI report of another memorandum by Bruce's Bruce's by memorandum another of report FBI the to According

Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air, Hugh Fraser. Their Their Fraser. Hugh Air, for State of Secretary the to Secretary Private

ington. The Wells memoranda stayed in the file, in the Ambassador's Ambassador's the in file, the in stayed memoranda Wells The ington.

office. It seems possible, therefore, that — until the case blew up in in up blew case the until — that therefore, possible, seems It office. dor Bruce was not even passed on to the State Department in Wash- in Department State the to on passed even not was Bruce dor

public — Bruce simply decided to sit on it. it. on sit to decided simply Bruce — public

letter on the subject to the Secretary of State, Dean Rusk. The FBI FBI The Rusk. Dean State, of Secretary the to subject the on letter

an FBI report of its interview with Corbally is also missing. So is a a is So missing. also is Corbally with interview its of report FBI an

contained material on a tip-off to the Prime Minister. Minister. Prime the to tip-off a on material contained

files state, moreoever, that the original information given to Ambassa- to given information original the that moreoever, state, files

censored, blacked out by the State Department, but at this point a a point this at but Department, State the by out blacked censored,

page is missing in its entirety. There is no way of knowing whether it it whether knowing of way no is There entirety. its in missing is page

Air Minister Fraser, however, was a close personal friend of his his of friend personal close a was however, Fraser, Minister Air

For Fraser, then married to Lady Antonia — the present wife of of wife present the — Antonia Lady to married then Fraser, For

Clive — now Sir Clive — Bossom does better. He remembers someone someone remembers He better. does Bossom — Clive Sir now — Clive

Whatever Bruce did or did not tell Macmillan personally, the British British the personally, Macmillan tell not did or did Bruce Whatever

It may be no coincidence that, later in the year, Bruce's response to to response Bruce's year, the in later that, coincidence no be may It

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lofty lofty 109 109 January 1961, and 8 June 1963, knowingly live wholly or in part on

says Pound, 'another example of police deviousness and lying.' Ward

glasses, and carpet slippers. There they arrested him.

went courteously. To avoid embarrassing his hosts, he walked a little was charged: 'That he, being a man, did on divers dates between distance away from the house, dressed in open-necked shirt, dark

suffered as a result of the Profumo affair.' While the public scourging

the earnings of prostitution at 17 Wimpole Mews, London W., contrary follow, a total of nine in all. to Section 30 of the Sexual Offences Act, i956.' Other charges were to observe, 'was a whipping boy for the humiliations the Government had

jeopardy. faded from the limelight, Ward was detained like a felon in Brixton While Profumo, the man who had put the nation's security at risk,

Prison. He would not be granted bail for weeks to come.

Profumo's sexual peccadilloes now placed the American presidency in proceeded, the private security panic continued. The exposure of

Five hours later, at Marylebone Police Station, Dr Stephen Ward

'Ward,' the respected commentator Ludovic Kennedy was to

On the day Ward was arrested, 8 June, an FBI official in Washington opened a new file. Its first title,

with a codename, INTERNAL SECURITY — RUSSIA, GREAT BRITAIN,

others from the Air Force, Immigration Service, and CIA files have

bow ties, like bowler hats, are the hallmark of the English gentleman.

been obtained during the writing of this book under the Freedom of survives gives us a glimpse of the true gravity of the Profumo Affair.

Information Act. Many of them are largely blacked out by the censor's

pen, in the name of national security or personal privacy, but what One man's folly in the bed of a teenage girl opened up a can of American

worms, a scare about Air Force security, and the discovery that the

on 'the notorious British prostitute, Christine Keeler'. 'Information had President himself was implicated.

diplomats Joseph Carroll, and usually one of the senior aides to FBI Director J.

series of meetings, attended by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara,

been forwarded,' said the report, 'on the possibility that American

kept out of the written record as much as possible, but the Profumo Case received prolonged attention at the highest level. There was a

CIA Director John McCone, Defense Intelligence Agency boss General

Edgar Hoover. Two Assistant Directors handled the case at the FBI: William Sullivan of Counter-Intelligence, and John Malone of the

censored, went to Hoover, Attorney-General Robert Kennedy, and the office of the President. New York Field Office. Progress reports, which remain almost entirely

More than a thousand pages of the

The day before

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or politicians may have been compromised.' That worry was

BOWTIE.

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Some code clerk, perhaps, imagined that

CHRISTINE KEELER. JOHN PROFUMO.

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`There is a possibility,' Hoover informed Robert Kennedy on 14 June, `that some Air Force enlisted personnel may have had relations with Christine Keeler.' Hoover had learned from Air Force investigators that one airman admitted spending several nights with Keeler, for money. In England, frantic enquiries, particularly at USAF Ruislip, soon established that several airmen had 'closely associated' with Keeler. All were black, and had met Keeler at London nightspots. According to Albert Hammond, who in 1963 served as an airman at MiIden hall airbase, the investigation was `heavy ... thirty or forty guys were flown back to the States under tight security.' The Air Force never did admit the true size of the security flap — public statements only mentioned the investigation of three airmen. They were, we now know from the files, Technical Sergeant George 'Floppy' Hopkins, aged twenty-nine, Airman Charles Wright, twenty, and a colleague identified only as Hamilton. There are also references to a fourth man, but his name is always blanked out by the censor, for reasons that will become apparent. Airman Hopkins told investigators he had frequented the All-Night- ers Club, where Edgecombe and Lucky Gordon had their fight over Christine Keeler, and the Roaring Twenties Club. `Many girls go there,' he said, 'and are picked up by the GIs. These girls are usually well-dressed and attractive and have wealthy boyfriends — sugar- daddies — who provide their flats and clothes. Usually these girls come in late at night after going out with their sugar-daddies....' Johnny Edgecombe well remembers visits to the All-Nighters Club. `Ward used to accompany me and Keeler there,' he says. `The attraction was drugs. Many of Ward's upper-class friends wanted to try drugs, and the only way to get them was to go down to the shady side of life.' `Sometime in 1961,' Sergeant Hopkins told his inquisitors, 'I was introduced at the All-Nighters to a girl by the name of Ronna Ronna knew this year that my birthday was coming and arranged a party for me on 6 February 1963, to be held at her flat ... At the party Ronna introduced me to a girl called Christine, whom I later saw in the newspaper -as Christine Keeler ... Christine came to the party with a girl known to me as Paula.' `Ronna' was Ronna Riccardo, a prostitute who had known Ward since about 1960. She was later to figure prominently at his trial. `Paula' was Paula Hamilton-Marshall, the convicted prostitute then spending much time with Keeler. Riccardo, interviewed today, well remembers the nights at the All- Nighters. `We'd start in the Club, on Fridays,' she says, `take some pills, Freedom of information Act ... this document from the FBI dossier has been obliterated crash out during the day, go to another club on Saturday night, take entirely by the censor's pen. At least, however, the US authorities released some original • s88 HONEYTRAP THE WHITE HOUSE TREMBLES 189 some more pills, then go to a Sunday afternoon dancing session to Keeler — she had been asked to get secret nuclear information out of Stephen didn't like to dance, but he liked to mix.' Profumo. On 13 June, Eddowes wrote a letter to the Prime Minister. According to the records, both Riccardo and one of her friends had `The apparent disregard of my report and suggestions,' he said, 'has babies by American servicemen — though Riccardo today denies bearing been a matter of deep concern to me from the security angle, and in an airman's baby. Keeler had had her American baby as long ago as case the whole contents of my report did not reach you, as Head of the security forces, I feel it is now my duty to draw your attention to it.' 1 959-* The other airmen questioned told similar stories, including references No sooner had he raised the security bogey than Eddowes inex- to some of the key characters, like Lucky Gordon and Paul Mann. plicably clammed up. He pulled out of a planned television appearance, Investigators were satisfied that no classified information had been on World in Action, and flew to the United States courtesy of the journal- discussed with Keeler or her friends. Within twenty-four hours of the American. With a 'no comment' to the horde of other reporters at the interrogations, a senior Defense Department spokesman told a news airport, Eddowes was hustled off to a New York hotel. An article in conference there had been no security leak. What was never revealed the journal-American, the first in a planned series of six, claimed that is that investigations continued for months, tracing people who might 'Anglo-American security and the Anglo-American alliance had been have known Keeler, the other girls, or Stephen Ward himself. Enquiries jeopardized by the affair.' connected with Ward reached right back to World War II, and Within two days, FBI Assistant Director John Malone, head of the included a reference to a 'Miss Kolb', of the OSS, the wartime fore- Bureau in New York, came personally to see Eddowes. He was then runner of the CIA. driven to the FBI office, and questioned at length. What Eddowes told The Defense Department spokesman did not mention a fourth man the Americans went to the office of the President, to the Attorney- questioned. One pf the men of interest to the FBI, it appears from the General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the CIA. The records, was an Air Force man, rank unknown, called Hawkins. At content of the interview is entirely censored in the document, and Ward's trial, in a reference that meant nothing at the time, Riccardo Malone cannot be interviewed — he died recently. said: 'I never met a man in Stephen Ward's flat except my friend Eddowes himself will not say exactly what he told the FBI, nor what "Silky" Hawkins ... the only man I have ever had intercourse with in he learned from American officials. He does say, however, that the FBI Ward's flat.' Clearly, one airman at least visited Stephen Ward's home was keenly interested in 'the Ward—Keeler relationship with Thomas during the year Keeler first met War Minister Profumo. Why he was Corbally'. there, and why this whole area was so sensitive to the US Air Force, Corbally, the man who had given information on the case to the remains unknown. On the day the other three airmen were returned American Embassy in London, was by now back in the United States. to duty after questioning, Hawkins received an honourable discharge Like Eddowes, he spoke briefly to the press, then went silent. Scotland from the service. Yard, it was reported, were keen to interview him. To clear the air, The US security enquiry caused a rash of newspaper stories in June Corbally hired the prominent New York attorney, Roy Cohn, a friend t 963, notably in the New York journal-American, a Hearst paper, which of J. Edgar Hoover since the red-hunting days of the McCarthy era. gave the Profumo case blanket coverage. Some of its stories, indeed, The information Cohn gave the FBI is entirely censored in the BOWTIE appear to have been inspired by deliberate leaks from someone in dossier, as is a seventeen-page interview apparently conducted with authority, and its editor, Guy Richards, was a rightwinger with excel- Corbally himself. lent intelligence contacts. In mid June 1963, in the wake of the Air The FBI's man in London, Legal. Attaché Charles Bates, was an Force enquiry, he invited one of the stranger figures in the Profumo Anglophile. Affectionately known to his friends as the 'Legal Beagle case to come to America — Michael Eddowes. under the Eagle', he liked his posting so much that Hoover had difficulty persuading him to leave. He eventually stayed in Britain for eight years. Eddowes had been angry and suspicious when Special Branch failed to Now a security consultant in California, after leaving the FBI as an follow up the dramatic information he had passed on, that — according Assistant Director, Bates remembers the Profumo Affair well. In June 1963, he found himself bombarded with requests from Washington for *See Chapter 4, more information. Bates had a direct line to Scotland Yard, and a

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security leak, so he kept his peace. peace. his kept he so leak, security Joe Jackson, was usually an invaluable source of sensitive information. information. sensitive of source invaluable an usually was Jackson, Joe

question', but that was all he was told. Elder had no information on a a on information no had Elder told. was he all was that but question',

sat for a portrait by Stephen Ward, but that seemed harmless enough. enough. harmless seemed that but Ward, Stephen by portrait a for sat

days went by, from his Scotland Yard contacts. It was mostly hard hard mostly was It contacts. Yard Scotland his from by, went days

He also heard that 'some Americans may have met the ladies in in ladies the met have may Americans 'some that heard also He Yard. But my friends at MI5, they'd just pulled the blankets over their their over blankets the pulled just they'd MI5, at friends my But Yard.

Roger Hollis at MI5,' Roosevelt remembers, 'and made myself a a myself made 'and remembers, Roosevelt MI5,' at Hollis Roger relative of the late President. He obviously had a direct line to British British to line direct a had obviously He President. late the of relative

heads.' heads.'

scrambler telephone to MI5. He had been cultivating his British con- British his cultivating been had He MI5. to telephone scrambler

could understand what they were on about.' about.' on were they what understand could

didn't know the extent of it — they weren't transmitting to me all they they all me to transmitting weren't they — it of extent the know didn't

about the American airmen had come to nothing. nothing. to come had airmen American the about find out what the American involvement was...' Elder knew the scare scare the knew Elder was...' involvement American the what out find

concerned,' he says, 'it was a strictly British scandal. But Washington Washington But scandal. British strictly a was 'it says, he concerned,' claimed they had slept with Fairbanks, and he noted the wife's brave brave wife's the noted he and Fairbanks, with slept had they claimed

police interviews in which Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies Rice-Davies Mandy and Keeler Christine which in interviews police nuisance. But they never came up with anything.' Something about about Something anything.' with up came never they But nuisance. were picking up in the States, they often didn't. But I began to feel that that feel to began I But didn't. often they States, the in up picking were American involvement?" But they never spelled it out to me, so that I I that so me, to out it spelled never they But involvement?" American

my HQ sent cables saying "Is this true? What can you find out?" I I out?" find you can What true? this "Is saying cables sent HQ my

Intelligence, but for once it was virtually useless. 'I took it up with with up it took 'I useless. virtually was it once for but Intelligence, Now, though, Bates found his contacts strangely reticent. reticent. strangely contacts his found Bates though, Now, the messages from Washington puzzled Roosevelt. 'As far as I was was I as far 'As Roosevelt. puzzled Washington from messages the thing out of M15. Some of the time I couldn't get much out of Scotland Scotland of out much get couldn't I time the of Some M15. of out thing

persisted. They asked me all the time — "Are you sure there isn't any any isn't there sure you "Are — time the all me asked They persisted. references to high-level or prominent Americans involved and of course course of and involved Americans prominent or high-level to references

rious'. 'There was great excitement,' be says, 'and we kept pushing to to pushing kept we 'and says, be excitement,' great was 'There rious'. meetings on the subject. Elder remembers the case as 'painfully hila- 'painfully as case the remembers Elder subject. the on meetings

I was kind of all alone on a desert island someplace. I couldn't raise a a raise couldn't I someplace. island desert a on alone all of kind was I

Assistant to CIA Director John McCone, who was attending key key attending was who McCone, John Director CIA to Assistant

to pay for anything. He can get any woman he wants for free....' free....' for wants he woman any get can He anything. for pay to

response. 'What do you think. about this story?' someone asked Mary Mary asked someone story?' this about think. you do 'What response.

tacts for five years, and his close friend, Assistant Police Commissioner Commissioner Police Assistant friend, close his and years, five for tacts

Lee Fairbanks at a reception. 'My husband,' she replied, 'doesn't have have 'doesn't replied, she husband,' 'My reception. a at Fairbanks Lee

The CIA Station Chief in London was Archibald Roosevelt, a a Roosevelt, Archibald was London in Chief Station CIA The

The man at the FBI's listening post, Charles Bates, was shown the the shown was Bates, Charles post, listening FBI's the at man The

'I knew Washington was worried,' says Bates. 'There had been some some been had 'There Bates. says worried,' was Washington knew 'I

One of those pushing in Washington was Walter Elder, Executive Executive Elder, Walter was Washington in pushing those of One

Charles Bates heard much more on the American angle, as the the as angle, American the on more much heard Bates Charles

Elder also knew that the Ambassador to London, David Bruce, had had Bruce, David London, to Ambassador the that knew also Elder

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l'I•lame deleted for legal reasons. reasons. legal for deleted l'I•lame

a blank. Dean Rusk's trouble-shooter, William Burdett, has a similar similar a has Burdett, William trouble-shooter, Rusk's Dean blank. a •c •c

on this subject, even allowing for age. Ambassador Bruce's Assistant, Assistant, Bruce's Ambassador age. for allowing even subject, this on

Alfred Wells, who dined with Ward more than once, says his mind is is mind his says once, than more Ward with dined who Wells, Alfred

the Czechs, had been using the sexual compromise ploy in New York - York New in ploy compromise sexual the using been had Czechs, the

line, in a complex story, was the theory that Soviet puppets, notably notably puppets, Soviet that theory the was story, complex a in line,

Hungarian — were reported to have arrived in Prague. The bottom bottom The Prague. in arrived have to reported were — Hungarian

the Honeytrap technique. technique. Honeytrap the

woman called Evelyn Davis was arrested on vice charges, and then then and charges, vice on arrested was Davis Evelyn called woman

often used as a mouthpiece by FBI Director, Hoover. Then U Thant, Thant, U Then Hoover. Director, FBI by mouthpiece a as used often

the Secretary-General of the UN, called for further investigation. A A investigation. further for called UN, the of Secretary-General the

three girls linked to the UN case — one English, one American, and one one and American, one English, one — case UN the to linked girls three

enquiry into the UN angle. Gross was a rightwing member of Congress, Congress, of member rightwing a was Gross angle. UN the into enquiry

as customers. On On customers. as

it referred to the 'espionage' activities of an unnamed Hungarian Hungarian unnamed an of activities 'espionage' the to referred it

Novotny as one of the prostitutes she had 'done dates with'. with'. dates 'done had she prostitutes the of one as Novotny

seen was Czech — and the fact that Towers had vanished behind the the behind vanished had Towers that fact the and — Czech was seen John F. Kennedy.* Kennedy.* F. John

drew attention to Novotny's Czech connection — her father, as we have have we as father, her — connection Czech Novotny's to attention drew

went further. In the same breath as its references to Keeler and Ivanov, Ivanov, and Keeler to references its as breath same the In further. went that had been active two years earlier, with United Nations diplomats diplomats Nations United with earlier, years two active been had that

FBI files as as files FBI woman, reporting to a Soviet contact. The Hungarian, identified in in identified Hungarian, The contact. Soviet a to reporting woman,

and her alleged pimp, British television producer Towers. The paper paper The Towers. producer television British pimp, alleged her and

about Novotny's arrest for prostitution, and the flight abroad of her her of abroad flight the and prostitution, for arrest Novotny's about

Iron Curtain. Towers was by now sunning himself in South Africa, Africa, South in himself sunning now by was Towers Curtain. Iron

producing the film film the producing

underlying scandal. The The scandal. underlying

and Mariella Novotny. It was now two years since Novotny had spent spent had Novotny since years two now was It Novotny. Mariella and

British solicitor Michael Eddowes, disinterred the story of Harry Towers Towers Harry of story the disinterred Eddowes, Michael solicitor British ofsilence. The New York York New The ofsilence.

at the time — she had been bedded by the man who was now President, President, now was who man the by bedded been had she — time the at

her hectic few months in New York City, months in which — she claimed claimed she — which in months City, York New in months few hectic her

involved'. None of it, though, turned up in the Denning Report. For For Report. Denning the in up turned though, it, of None involved'.

information, he remembers, some of it referring to 'high-level Americans Americans 'high-level to referring it of some remembers, he information,

that matter, nor did parts of the British side of the story. story. the of side British the of parts did nor matter, that

As we have seen, American officials suffer remarkable memory lapses lapses memory remarkable suffer officials American seen, have we As

The Novotny case, it was now reported, was linked to a vice-ring vice-ring a to linked was reported, now was it case, Novotny The

The press coverage, based on leaks from law enforcement sources, sources, enforcement law from leaks on based coverage, press The

At first, the public furore in the United States gave no hint of the the of hint no gave States United the in furore public the first, At

On 2o June, back in the United States, a crack appeared in the wall wall the in appeared crack a States, United the in back June, 2o On

Chapter 5. 5. Chapter

24. 24.

Sanders of the River. River. the of Sanders

THE WHITE HOUSE TREMBLES TREMBLES HOUSE WHITE THE

June, Congressman Harold Gross called for an an for called Gross Harold Congressman June,

journal-American, journal-American,

journal-American journal-American

,t had been identified by Mariella Mariella by identified been had ,t

which had been interviewing interviewing been had which

simply raked over the facts facts the over raked simply

191 191

Kennedy chose as CIA Director when Alan Dulles failed him. McCone, McCone, him. failed Dulles Alan when Director CIA as chose Kennedy

shook the White House. House. White the shook now in his eighties, listened silently to what we had to say. Then, Then, say. to had we what to silently listened eighties, his in now

Because I didn't have the background.' background.' the have didn't I Because

watching through hooded eyes, he said he was sorry. He had `no `no had He sorry. was he said he eyes, hooded through watching

problem. In California, we talked to John McCone, the man President President man the McCone, John to talked we California, In problem.

Stephen Ward. Humans hide to have sex, a fact that has saved many many saved has that fact a sex, have to hide Humans Ward. Stephen

of the United States himself, perhaps his brother Robert and some some and Robert brother his perhaps himself, States United the of

as 'Mr Prime'. In the heat of a Nassau evening, as he chatted over the the over chatted he as evening, Nassau a of heat the In Prime'. 'Mr as

ington,' he says, 'was terribly interested, but I didn't quite know why. why. know quite didn't I but interested, terribly 'was says, he ington,'

whisky with Macmillan and his Deputy, R.A. Butler, reporters were were reporters Butler, R.A. Deputy, his and Macmillan with whisky

recollection'. recollection'.

had met the British Prime Minister in the Bahamas. The President was was President The Bahamas. the in Minister Prime British the met had

young woman nearby, 'but if I go too long without a woman, I get a a get I woman, a without long too go I if 'but nearby, woman young eavesdropping. 'You know, it's funny,' Kennedy confided, eyeing a a eyeing confided, Kennedy funny,' it's know, 'You eavesdropping. a potentate. potentate. a

no longer intimidated by the older man, whom he addressed jovially jovially addressed he whom man, older the by intimidated longer no

In December 1962, as the Profumo case was about to break, Kennedy Kennedy break, to about was case Profumo the as 1962, December In

headache....' headache....' own wife betrayed him for years with one of his own friends. friends. own his of one with years for him betrayed wife own

on by his advisers'. Adultery was a sore point with Macmillan, whose whose Macmillan, with point sore a was Adultery advisers'. his by on ster, Peres told her how, in March 1963, he had visited President President visited had he 1963, March in how, her told Peres ster,

'aristocratic English attitude' towards women. A favourite book was was book favourite A women. towards attitude' English 'aristocratic trusted male friends — and at least one of the young women close to to close women young the of one least at and — friends male trusted

in the antechamber, and Wilson was supposed to be in there for just a a just for there in be to supposed was Wilson and antechamber, the in

adventure and politics. politics. and adventure

little while. But he stayed in there about two hours, and Shimon Shimon and hours, two about there in stayed he But while. little

leader Harold Wilson. `Everyont was allotted a certain time with the the with time certain a allotted was `Everyont Wilson. Harold leader

President,' goes the story as told by Rice-Davies. `Shimon was waiting waiting was `Shimon Rice-Davies. by told as story the goes President,'

thinking about adultery, the other half about second-class ideas passed passed ideas second-class about half other the adultery, about thinking

couldn't believe it. "What the hell have you and Kennedy been talking talking been Kennedy and you have hell the "What it. believe couldn't

Lord David Cecil's Cecil's David Lord

anecdote comes from a surprising source, Mandy Rice-Davies. Rice-Davies. Mandy source, surprising a from comes anecdote

Kennedy at the White House, on the same day as British Opposition Opposition British as day same the on House, White the at Kennedy

Minister, Shimon Peres, who in 1963 had been Deputy Defence Mini- Defence Deputy been had 1963 in who Peres, Shimon Minister,

break, the President showed an almost obsessive interest. The first first The interest. obsessive almost an showed President the break,

h2 h2

The only people who really had 'the background' were the President President the were background' 'the had really who people only The

The CIA Director's Assistant, Walter Elder, was mystified. 'Wash- mystified. was Elder, Walter Assistant, Director's CIA The

Years later Macmillan criticized Kennedy for 'spending half his time time his half 'spending for Kennedy criticized Macmillan later Years

Kennedy was an Anglophile, with what one female friend called the the called friend female one what with Anglophile, an was Kennedy

In the wake of the scandal, Rice-Davies met the future Israeli Prime Prime Israeli future the met Rice-Davies scandal, the of wake the In

It It

is clear, though, that the explosion of the British scandal scandal British the of explosion the that though, clear, is

Young Melbourne, Melbourne, Young

In In

spring 1963, as the Profumo case began to to began case Profumo the as 1963, spring

IIONEYTRAP IIONEYTRAP

a heady celebration of sexual sexual of celebration heady a

strong as ever, in spite of the crisis. When the President left Washington Washington left President the When crisis. the of spite in ever, as strong

on 2 on

'we 'we

was later reported, `to postpone a visit to London, for fear President President fear for London, to visit a postpone `to reported, later was

there to make make to there far as possible away from England.' Strong pressure was exerted', it it exerted', was pressure Strong England.' from away possible as far

War Minister and the call girls building up', said the the said up', building girls call the and Minister War London, to show that the 'special relationship' with Britain was as as was Britain with relationship' 'special the that show to London,

Kennedy might become in some way involved.' involved.' way some in become might Kennedy

affairs with the actress. The Kennedys' womanizing had their advisers advisers their had womanizing Kennedys' The actress. the with affairs

of his affair with starlet Judith Campbell, Campbell, Judith starlet with affair his of

worried. worried. and his brother Robert had only barely prevented the exposure of their their of exposure the prevented barely only had Robert brother his and

pared for an important European tour. 'With the case of the British British the of case the 'With tour. European important an for pared

House, FBI Director Hoover had confronted Kennedy with evidence evidence with Kennedy confronted had Hoover Director FBI House,

indiscretions. A year earlier, at an embarrassing luncheon in the White White the in luncheon embarrassing an at earlier, year A indiscretions.

advisers had more reason than that to distance him from stories of girls girls of stories from him distance to that than reason more had advisers caught. Jack also thought the girls involved were kind of cute.' The The cute.' of kind were involved girls the thought also Jack caught. top Mafia leader. A few months later, when Marilyn Monroe died, he he died, Monroe Marilyn when later, months few A leader. Mafia top

in England. They were struggling to protect the first Catholic president, president, Catholic first the protect to struggling were They England. in

projected to the public as a family man incarnate, from his own own his from incarnate, man family a as public the to projected

subject sent to him personally. The messages from Ambassador Bruce, Bruce, Ambassador from messages The personally. him to sent subject

Charles Spalding, 'and he sympathized with the way Profumo was was Profumo way the with sympathized he 'and Spalding, Charles

developments and political implications for the Macmillan Govern- Macmillan the for implications political and developments

President's wife, Jacqueline, was heavily pregnant at this time, but his his but time, this at pregnant heavily was Jacqueline, wife, President's

ment. ment.

recently released at our request, are long and colourful descriptions of of descriptions colourful and long are request, our at released recently

joking, asking Astor about the girls, and saying he was disappointed disappointed was he saying and girls, the about Astor asking joking,

ambassador, and ordered all London Embassy cable traffic on the the on traffic cable Embassy London all ordered and ambassador,

see Stephen Ward — at that point still a free man. 'Astor was just back back just was 'Astor man. free a still point that at — Ward Stephen see

Astor denied having had them himself. He also wanted to know every- know to wanted also He himself. them had having denied Astor

thing that was coming out....' out....' coming was that thing

from Washington,' Warwick Charlton recalls. 'He had been to see see to been had 'He recalls. Charlton Warwick Washington,' from President Kennedy for lunch at the White House. Partly JFK was was JFK Partly House. White the at lunch for Kennedy President

"I couldn't believe it. The man just talked and talked about the the about talked and talked just man The it. believe couldn't "I

about?" he asked Wilson when he came out at last. And Wilson said, said, Wilson And last. at out came he when Wilson asked he about?"

Profumo business. He really grilled me on what what on me grilled really He business. Profumo

The State Department, however, was keen that Kennedy should visit visit should Kennedy that keen was however, Department, State The

In June 1963, as the Profumo Affair unravelled, the President pre- President the unravelled, Affair Profumo the as 1963, June In

'He felt terribly sorry for Profumo,' remembered Kennedy's friend friend Kennedy's remembered Profumo,' for sorry terribly felt 'He

Kennedy discussed the Profumo case with David Bruce, his London London his Bruce, David with case Profumo the discussed Kennedy

During those crisis weeks, in London, Lord Astor came hurrying to to hurrying came Astor Lord London, in weeks, crisis those During

can think of no better time for an American President to stay as as stay to President American an for time better no of think can

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June, London was on his itinerary. He went first to Germany, Germany, to first went He itinerary. his on was London June,

the famous speech on visiting the Berlin Wall. 'Two 'Two Wall. Berlin the visiting on speech famous the

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any sense of excitement and optimism for the future, because he did did he because future, the for optimism and excitement of sense any

gates. The crowd included a hundred CND marchers, with banners banners with marchers, CND hundred a included crowd The gates.

demanding that we should abolish nuclear tests. Since it was the main main the was it Since tests. nuclear abolish should we that demanding

Profumo Affair, 'tired and lacking in ideas. Macmillan could not convey convey not could Macmillan ideas. in lacking and 'tired Affair, Profumo

hardly necessary.' necessary.' hardly

with Macmillan, he learned that the Profumo case was about to touch touch to about was case Profumo the that learned he Macmillan, with purpose of our meeting to achieve this, the demonstration seemed seemed demonstration the this, achieve to meeting our of purpose excitement was intense intense was excitement

not feel any...' Kennedy was hiding his own exhaustion — the chronic chronic the — exhaustion own his hiding was Kennedy any...' feel not

'stepping out from the machine, a splendid, young, gay figure ... the the ... figure gay young, splendid, a machine, the from out 'stepping his presidency. presidency. his

back problem was giving him hell. That Saturday evening, as he dined dined he as evening, Saturday That hell. him giving was problem back

helicopter. 'I can see him now,' the old Prime Minister remembered, remembered, Minister Prime old the now,' him see can 'I helicopter. scandals become history.' Kilgallen suspected, according to her biogra- her to according suspected, Kilgallen history.' become scandals

Drew Pearson, 'throw back the questions "What high American official official American high "What questions the back 'throw Pearson, Drew

was involved with Marilyn Monroe?"' Monroe?"' Marilyn with involved was covered. 'Britishers who read American criticisms of Profumo,' wrote wrote Profumo,' of criticisms American read who 'Britishers covered.

of London. London. of

columnist. 'The Novotny story,' Kilgillen wrote from London, 'may 'may London, from wrote Kilgillen story,' Novotny 'The columnist.

challenge Christine Keeler's saga before the international call girl girl call international the before saga Keeler's Christine challenge

than it was telling about the international ramifications of the case....' case....' the of ramifications international the about telling was it than pher, 'that the British counterpart of the CIA knew a whole lot more more lot whole a knew CIA the of counterpart British the 'that pher,

said, answering a London reporter's questions about the Americans Americans the about questions reporter's London a answering said,

will want to interview me.' In New York, someone noticed. The New New The noticed. someone York, New In me.' interview to want will

York York

called Mariella Novotny began making dangerous noises. 'Now,' she she 'Now,' noises. dangerous making began Novotny Mariella called in case they blundered over two years ago I suppose the Americans Americans the suppose I ago years two over blundered they case in

and the Profumo case, 'they are just trying to put up a smokescreen ...... smokescreen a up put to trying just are 'they case, Profumo the and interview. Before she could respond, another troubling story came out out came story troubling another respond, could she Before interview.

Washington Post Post Washington

of the future. Let them come to Berlin.' Berlin.' to come them Let future. the of

As Kennedy captured the hearts of Berliners, a twenty-two-year-old twenty-two-year-old a Berliners, of hearts the captured Kennedy As Washington Post Post Washington

bin eM Berliner. Berliner. eM bin

thousand years ago,' said Kennedy, 'the proudest boast was was boast proudest 'the Kennedy, said ago,' years thousand

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The President found the British Prime Minister worn out by the the by out worn Minister Prime British the found President The

Kennedy arrived at Macmillan's country residence, Birch Grove, by by Grove, Birch residence, country Macmillan's at arrived Kennedy

On 28 June, as Kennedy visited Ireland, home of his forebears, the the forebears, his of home Ireland, visited Kennedy as June, 28 On

Next day, as the American President arrived in England, the the England, in arrived President American the as day, Next

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Today in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is, is, boast proudest the freedom, of world the in Today

There are some who say that communism is the wave wave the is communism that say who some are There

dropped a heavy hint of skeletons yet to be un- un- be to yet skeletons of hint heavy a dropped

ran a story from Dorothy Kilgallen, the powerful powerful the Kilgallen, Dorothy from story a ran

fired off a telegram, pressing Novotny for an an for Novotny pressing telegram, a off fired

The roads were packed outside the front front the outside packed were roads The

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fell fell

was being linked to the Profumo scandal. Horan replied that the the that replied Horan scandal. Profumo the to linked being was

senior colleague, 'Horan was the best investigative reporter they ever ever they reporter investigative best the was 'Horan colleague, senior reference was to the President, and that — according to the newspaper's newspaper's the to according — that and President, the to was reference

the newsmen to name the 'high US aide' who, according to the article, article, the to according who, aide' US 'high the name to newsmen the

man with the Attorney-General. Attorney-General. the with man

Robert Kennedy survives thanks to Courtney Evans, the FBI liaison liaison FBI the Evans, Courtney to thanks survives Kennedy Robert

awards, and a younger reporter called Dom Frasca. In the words of a a of words the In Frasca. Dom called reporter younger a and awards,

had. If he wrote it, it was true.' true.' was it it, wrote he If had.

Managing Editor, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and numerous other other numerous and Prize Pulitzer the of winner Editor, Managing in New York and flown to Washington in the Kennedy's private private Kennedy's the in Washington to flown and York New in

its authors faced the Attorney-General. As we learned from a former former a from learned we As Attorney-General. the faced authors its

Journal-American staffer, the the staffer, Journal-American

plane, the the plane,

on holiday with the dignity of a President and Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief, and President a of dignity the with holiday on

he walked across the garden to the machine. We stood and waved...' waved...' and stood We machine. the to garden the across walked he

as the helicopter bore him away to London Airport. So did Macmillan. Macmillan. did So Airport. London to away him bore helicopter the as 'Hatless, with his brisk step, combining that indescribable look of a boy boy a of look indescribable that combining step, brisk his with 'Hatless,

at all, we'd like to be advised. Get it to us in Rome.' Rome.' in us to it Get advised. be to like we'd all, at

journal-American journal-American

'Charles,' said Kennedy, 'if anything develops on this case, anything anything case, this on develops anything 'if Kennedy, said 'Charles,'

the President in characteristic pose, feet on the desk and tie askew. askew. tie and desk the on feet pose, characteristic in President the

personal briefing. Next day, Sunday, he drove down to Sussex, to find find to Sussex, to down drove he Sunday, day, Next briefing. personal

acted as liaison between Hoover and Robert Kennedy, told the FBI's FBI's the told Kennedy, Robert and Hoover between liaison as acted weekend supervisor that the Kennedys wanted to know what was going going was what know to wanted Kennedys the that supervisor weekend on. A phone-call disturbed the President at Macmillan's home in in home Macmillan's at President the disturbed phone-call A on.

England. Through his brother, he expressed his 'concern'. 'concern'. his expressed he brother, his Through England.

action. Without explanation, the the explanation, Without action. from its next editions. FBI Assistant Director, Courtney Evans, who who Evans, Courtney Director, Assistant FBI editions. next its from

anyone in the political know understood that the story referred to the the to referred story the that understood know political the in anyone

the President's brother Robert, the Attorney-General, took urgent urgent took Attorney-General, the Robert, brother President's the

President. President.

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American politics — a man who holds "a very high" elective office - office elective high" very "a holds who man a — politics American

At home in the United States that day, the noon edition of the New New the of edition noon the day, that States United the in home At read: read:

has been injected into Britain's vice-security scandal...' The headline headline The scandal...' vice-security Britain's into injected been has

Both Horan and Frasca are dead, but their ordeal at the hands of of hands the at ordeal their but dead, are Frasca and Horan Both

According to Evans' memorandum, the President's brother asked asked brother President's the memorandum, Evans' to According

At home in Washington, Robert Kennedy took swift action over the the over action swift took Kennedy Robert Washington, in home At

The President was on his way to Italy, and the FBI man watched watched man FBI the and Italy, to way his on was President The

In London, FBI man Charles Bates was told to give the President a a President the give to told was Bates Charles man FBI London, In

The story stayed in the paper for only one edition. In Washington, Washington, In edition. one only for paper the in stayed story The

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story. On Monday 31 July, within forty-eight hours, hours, forty-eight within July, 31 Monday On story.

The two journalists were James Horan, the paper's paper's the Horan, James were journalists two The

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carried this teaser: 'One of the biggest names in in names biggest the of 'One teaser: this carried

two reporters were hauled from their homes homes their from hauled were reporters two

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dropped the item item the dropped

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political names involved in this thing. It never came out because it was was it because out came never It thing. this in involved names political

hushed up by the British Government for political reasons.' What Drury Drury What reasons.' political for Government British the by up hushed in a rush. In England, weeks earlier, Christine Keeler had spent four four spent had Keeler Christine earlier, weeks England, In rush. a in

public. 'You know,' Drury later'said, 'there were a lot of big American American big of lot a were 'there later'said, Drury know,' 'You public.

now acting as her business manager. The tape was eventually handed handed eventually was tape The manager. business her as acting now

packed off back to Germany. Germany. to back off packed

to the police, under a court order, but the contents were never made made never were contents the but order, court a under police, the to

President Kennedy's endless womanising was catching up with him all all him with up catching was womanising endless Kennedy's President

evenings putting her experiences on tape for Robin Drury, the man man the Drury, Robin for tape on experiences her putting evenings

one of the women Jack Kennedy had asked me to introduce him to. I I to. him introduce to me asked had Kennedy Jack women the of one accommodated his request.' Following an FBI enquiry, Rometsch was was Rometsch enquiry, FBI an Following request.' his accommodated

ant Bobby Baker wrote in his memoirs, 'that Ellen Rometsch had been been had Rometsch Ellen 'that memoirs, his in wrote Baker Bobby ant

origin called Ellen Rometsch. Rometsch. Ellen called origin

The next day, as John Kennedy met the Pope in the Vatican, his his Vatican, the in Pope the met Kennedy John as day, next The

brother learned of yet more trouble. Now there were allegations linking linking allegations were there Now trouble. more yet of learned brother

`highly placed Government officials' with a woman of East German German East of woman a with officials' Government placed `highly

visit to the States a year earlier. Nothing untoward was discovered. discovered. was untoward Nothing earlier. year a States the to visit

Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies had been up to during their their during to up been had Rice-Davies Mandy and Keeler Christine did not cease to pursue the story. The story was dropped. dropped. was story The story. the pursue to cease not did

Kennedy threatened the paper with a Government anti-trust suit if it it if suit anti-trust Government a with paper the threatened Kennedy

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'information — he had 'been involved with' a woman — not Novotny — — Novotny not — woman a with' involved 'been had he — 'information Hearst, owner of of owner Hearst,

the Attorney-General resolved the matter. At a meeting in Manhattan, Manhattan, in meeting a At matter. the resolved Attorney-General the

earlier instruction not to write a report. report. a write to not instruction earlier Kennedy response was vicious. Monsky was a godson of Randolph Randolph of godson a was Monsky vicious. was response Kennedy

following day, he said he hoped Evans 'had not misunderstood' his his misunderstood' not 'had Evans hoped he said he day, following

matter to J. Edgar Hoover orally. When Kennedy learned that, the the that, learned Kennedy When orally. Hoover Edgar J. to matter 'admonished' Hoover's liaison man, Courtney Evans, 'not to write a a write to 'not Evans, Courtney man, liaison Hoover's 'admonished'

memorandum' on what had occurred. Evans promptly reported the the reported promptly Evans occurred. had what on memorandum'

General treated the newspaper representatives at arm's length ... in in ... length arm's at representatives newspaper the treated General

than those already mentioned in print. Kennedy offered no information information no offered Kennedy print. in mentioned already those than

to the reporters, and the meeting ended in frosty deadlock. deadlock. frosty in ended meeting the and reporters, the to cordial. 'It is noted,' Evans wrote afterwards, 'that the Attorney- the 'that afterwards, wrote Evans noted,' is 'It cordial.

fact, there was almost an air of hostility....' hostility....' of air an almost was there fact,

shortly before he was elected President. President. elected was he before shortly

`Robert Kennedy definitely knew,' Vice-President Johnson's assist- Johnson's Vice-President knew,' definitely Kennedy `Robert

On 2 July, Robert Kennedy asked J. Edgar Hoover to find out what what out find to Hoover Edgar J. asked Kennedy Robert July, 2 On

According to Mark Monsky, now a vice-president of NBC News, the the News, NBC of vice-president a now Monsky, Mark to According

Afterwards, the Attorney-General did something rather odd. He He odd. rather something did Attorney-General the Afterwards,

Nothing was resolved. The reporters refused to reveal sources other other sources reveal to refused reporters The resolved. was Nothing

The meeting between Kennedy and the reporters was less than than less was reporters the and Kennedy between meeting The

the Journal-American, Journal-American, the

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and says he observed the way way the observed he says and

herself in August 1962 — within days of Monroe. Monroe. of days within — 1962 August in herself 'a beautiful Chinese-American girl now in London'. The highest highest The London'. in now girl Chinese-American beautiful 'a

Brooks nor Marlowe, and that she survived the events of 1963. Before Before 1963. of events the survived she that and Marlowe, nor Brooks it was silenced, the New York York New the silenced, was it

Pat Marlowe, a regular visitor to the United States and friend of of friend and States United the to visitor regular a Marlowe, Pat

another presidential mistress, Marilyn Monroe, had succeeded succeeded had Monroe, Marilyn mistress, presidential another Joe Jackson, at Scotland Yard. 'They had questioned a woman,' says says woman,' a questioned had 'They Yard. Scotland at Jackson, Joe

herselfjust as the Profumo Affair was breaking. Another Ward protegke, protegke, Ward Another breaking. was Affair Profumo the as herselfjust

had a tendency to suicide. Yvonne Brooks, who knew Lord Astor and and Astor Lord knew who Brooks, Yvonne suicide. to tendency a had

reported to have committed suicide not long ago.' Stephen Ward's girls girls Ward's Stephen ago.' long not suicide committed have to reported was kept by an American businessman in London, attempted to kill kill to attempted London, in businessman American an by kept was Bates cannot remember the name of the other woman. Who was she? she? was Who woman. other the of name the remember cannot Bates

another woman, who had looked after Kennedy during the campaign.' campaign.' the during Kennedy after looked had who woman, another Bates, 'apparently Mariella Novotny. She had taken the place of of place the taken had She Novotny. Mariella 'apparently Bates,

KENNEDY.' ,.. KENNEDY.' His information, he says, came from Assistant Commissioner for Crime Crime for Commissioner Assistant from came says, he information, His

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the FBI's Assistant Director in charge of Counter-Intelligence, William William Counter-Intelligence, of charge in Director Assistant FBI's the

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had sent coded telegram 861 to FBI headquarters. It was rated rated was It headquarters. FBI to 861 telegram coded sent had

Kennedy's European visit, 'was involved with a very big man on the the on man big very a with involved 'was visit, European Kennedy's

other side of the Atlantic.' Atlantic.' the of side other

Novotny's closest girl chums,' columnist Kilgallen had written during during written had Kilgallen columnist chums,' girl closest Novotny's

Mariella Novotny, and her claim to have slept with Kennedy. 'One of of 'One Kennedy. with slept have to claim her and Novotny, Mariella

about Christine Keeler herself. The only John Kennedy she knew was was knew she Kennedy John only The herself. Keeler Christine about

the manager of the pop singer, Tommy Steele. Nor was it just about about just it was Nor Steele. Tommy singer, pop the of manager the

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Research suggests, however, that the mystery woman was neither neither was woman mystery the that however, suggests, Research

Dorothy Kilgallen had written of a 'girl who could "tell all" ...... all" "tell could who 'girl a of written had Kilgallen Dorothy

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On the evening of 29 June, as Kennedy dined with Macmillan, Bates Bates Macmillan, with dined Kennedy as June, 29 of evening the On

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THE WORLD ❑F SUZY CHANG 41

For a long time during the work on this book, Suzy Chang remained a mere name on an old newspaper clipping, a frustrating enigma. Then, gradually, we began to put a face on the woman alleged to have been mistress to John Kennedy. We obtained immigration records covering Chang's comings and goings in the United States. Using them, we started to reconstruct a life. Chang, who has used a string ofdifferent names, was born at Tientsin, China, in 1935. Her parents, both doctors, came to Hong Kong in the wake of the Communist takeover. They settled in Delaware, in the United States, during the fifties. Suzy, for reasons unknown, did not follow immediately. At the age ofnineteen she was in England, starting adult life as a nurse in Birmingham. Then she headed for the bright lights of London. By i96o, when she reportedly spent time with President Kennedy, Chang was a strikingly lovely model and aspiring actress. She got a part in the film Nudes of the World, and publicity shots show her in the pose one would expect: slinky Oriental-style dress cut to the thigh, fitting tightly on a figure to make any man take a deep breath. The film's producer, Arnold Miller, says Chang knew who was who in the world of London nightclubs. She was, he remembers, 'always elegantly and expensively dressed. And she obviously wasn't doing the film for the money.' For three months in 5961, Chang was acting in the film Road to Hongkong, made at Shepperton Studios. The lead parts were played by Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Joan Collins - and the glittering list of guest stars included Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. For us, here was a first hint of a link between Chang and the people in the Prolumo case. Bob Hope and his manager, Louie 'Doc' Shurr, were shortly to Q00 HONEYTRAP TEM WORLD ❑ F SUZY CHANG 201 become friendly with Mandy Rice-Davies. It's ray name, and the one I've always had...."' It wasn't, of course - In California we traced Glen Costin, who knew Chang in London Chang told the court she had been calling herself 'Jackie' only For the in the early sixties and was later married to her for a while. He past few years. Another lady of Oriental extraction, however, took remembers a woman who 'moved in very wealthy circles.' Indeed she great exception to Chang using the name — and with reason. did, but in r963, at the height of the Profumo Affair, Chang was involved in some strange adventures. In May that year she was in court Jacqui Chang, star of the film World of Suzie Wong, began a libel action giving evidence against Alfred Davis, an Olympic Airways official against a newspaper that had mistakenly printed `Chang' as 'Chan' in accused of stealing her handbag, containing cash and a ring worth connection with the Davis handbag theft case. Why did she bother? £9oo. This unrelated case produced a tenuous connection to Stephen The silly little episode throws a little more light on Suzy Chang. Ward. Alfred Davis was described to us by his friends, Tony and Jacqui Chan, as is well known, had been the girlfriend of Antony Barbara Pistalo (both of whom were patients of Ward's), as 'a big Armstrong-jones, now Lord Snowdon, in the late fifties, before he gambler who always had money, and hung about in Chelsea. He was married Princess Margaret. Snowdon, then a young photographer, more or less living in Nell Gwynne House at the time....' appears to have been fascinated by Chinese girls — he produced two Suzy Chang, moreover, was staying at Nell Gwynne House herself. portfolios of photographs on the theme. He also knew Suzy Chang. More than one call girl lived at that address, but there is no evidence And Chang seems to have begun using the name Jackie' at about the that Chang was ever a prostitute. Those who knew her say she was in time Snowdon broke up with Jacqui. a much higher league. We wrote to both Snowdon and Jacqui Chan asking about Chang, Ronna Riccardo, the London prostitute who was close to Stephen but they did not reply. Ward, knew Suzy Chang. 'I remember Suzy,' she says, 'from when I Lord Snowdon knew Stephen Ward from the early fifties. After he was living in Nell Gwynne House. She had long hair clown her back. left Cambridge, he began his photographic career as assistant to Ward's We all stayed there at one time or another, me and Paula and Suzy. good friend, court photographer Baron. Stephen knew Suzy. We were a tight little clique.' Ward did not much like Armstrong-Jones. Not long before the Chang's tangle with Alfred Davis — he was said to have taken the Profumo case broke, when he did portraits of numerous members of handbag during a car ride from Nell Gwynne House — led to another the Royal Family, he sketched Princess Margaret — 'probably the odd coincidence. Davis' defence counsel was James Burge, the barrister most difficult face to draw' he had ever attempted, Ward said later. shortly to defend Stephen Ward. Burge persuaded Chang, in court, to Armstrong-Jones told him he had 'got the nose too long'. The Princess's reveal whose flat she had been in that day at Nell Gwynne House. She husband was Ward's next sitter, but somehow he never finished the said it belonged to a `Mr Slazenger'. `I had been staying there a few sketch. days,' said Chang. Suzy Chang — friend of Armstrong Jones and alleged mistress ofJohn `Slazenger' was in factjohn Schlesinger,* a multi-millionaire Amer- Kennedy — herself knew Stephen Ward. Thomas Corbally's friend, who ican-born film producer and businessman. In South Africa, where knew Ward and his circle, remembers Chang as 'one of Stephen's girls', Schlesinger lived later, we found a film distributor who remembered and heard rumours about her and Kennedy at the time. Chang's former him as `the best-known womanizer in the history of South Africa.' In husband, Glen Costin, remembers her telling him, at the height of the 1958, when he was thirty-five, Schlesinger was involved in a particularly Profumo Affair, that she was acquainted with the people in the ease. messy divorce. One woman originally named in the suit — the allegation `I know them, I know them,' she told Costin. She also said, specifically, was later withdrawn — was the actress Maureen Swanson, one of the that she knew Ward. She did not, however, tell him anything about women Stephen Ward had launched into high society. the Kennedys. Was Chang really involved with John Kennedy? Another curious aspect of the handbag theft case was Suzy Chang's use ofanother name. 'Film actress Jackie Chang,' a newspaper reported Those heavily censored FBI and Immigration Service documents reveal after the case, Is determined not to change her name. "Why should P that Chang did travel to New York in 1960 — the year she is alleged to • '1"his is not the celebrated John Schlesinger who made Far From The Madding Crowd, have gone with John Kennedy. She was also there in 396r, and over ranks etc the Christmas period at the end of 1962. Earlier in 1962, she applied

affair with him, Suzy Chang denied it. She said, 'I think the President President the think 'I said, She it. denied Chang Suzy him, with affair

between between

eating with him. It wasn't behind anybody's back. I know Stash Stash know I back. anybody's behind wasn't It him. with eating

the President's wife, Jacqueline. The President did visit the the visit did President The Jacqueline. wife, President's the

anyway, we'd meet in the the in meet we'd anyway, Radziwill, but I don't know Lee very well, you know what I mean?...' mean?...' I what know you well, very Lee know don't I but Radziwill,

She paused, then then paused, She

United States ... Well, I used to come and visit my mother. And well, well, And mother. my visit and come to used I Well, ... States United

said Chang. 'He used to come to my house to eat ... I loved Stephen Stephen loved I ... eat to house my to come to used 'He Chang. said

... I knew all the people Stephen knew ... I really cared about him.' him.' about cared really I ... knew Stephen people the all knew I ...

States. She confirmed that she indeed knew Stephen Ward, Antony Antony Ward, Stephen knew indeed she that confirmed She States.

Armstrong-Jones, and John F. Kennedy. Kennedy. F. John and Armstrong-Jones,

taken a new name and lives on the eastern seaboard of the United United the of seaboard eastern the on lives and name new a taken As this book went to press, we finally traced Suzy Chang, who has now now has who Chang, Suzy traced finally we press, to went book this As

close friend of Stephen Ward.' Ward.' Stephen of friend close

was questioned regarding the "Profumo Affair", and alleged to be a a be to alleged and Affair", "Profumo the regarding questioned was

701, on 2412/63. She was the [blanked out section in report] ... she she ... report] in section out [blanked the was She 2412/63. on 701, in 1965. It notes that Chang 'arrived in US at New York, via Flight Flight via York, New at US in 'arrived Chang that notes It 1965. in

looking for a connection to Chang. They did not find one. one. find not did They Chang. to connection a for looking

had gone through the file on the Mariella Novotny prostitution case, case, prostitution Novotny Mariella the on file the through gone had

names arc blanked out. Another document shows that the authorities authorities the that shows document Another out. blanked arc names

most of them British models, who had been linked to Chang. All the the All Chang. to linked been had who models, British them of most

reflects an extensive investigation of Chang. The report lists nine people, people, nine lists report The Chang. of investigation extensive an reflects

immediately after the Washington flap over the the over flap Washington the after immediately

'Stash' was Prince Stanislas Radziwill, married to Lee, sister of of sister Lee, to married Radziwill, Stanislas Prince was 'Stash'

Chang got on to the visa quota, within a fortnight. fortnight. a within quota, visa the to on got Chang

with real clout to carry the ball, to run interference for her....' Suzy Suzy her....' for interference run to ball, the carry to clout real with

a former FBI official, 'was protecting her ass. They wanted someone someone wanted They ass. her protecting 'was official, FBI former a

strong connections with the government in power. power. in government the with connections strong

helping hand for a minor actress called Suzy Chang. 'Someone,' says says 'Someone,' Chang. Suzy called actress minor a for hand helping

We asked Chang about the reports linking her to John F. Kennedy. Kennedy. F. John to her linking reports the about Chang asked We

founder of the OSS, the precursor of the CIA, and the firm always had had always firm the and CIA, the of precursor the OSS, the of founder

'Stephen was a good, good, good friend ... I knew him a long time,' time,' long a him knew I ... friend good good, good, a was 'Stephen

Newton and Irvine. William Donovan, the founder of the firm, was the the was firm, the of founder the Donovan, William Irvine. and Newton Service on her daughter's behalf. The record shows that she did so so did she that shows record The behalf. daughter's her on Service

through the prestigious New York law firm of Donovan, Leisure, Leisure, Donovan, of firm law York New prestigious the through

mother — already living in America— filed a petition to the Immigration Immigration the to petition a filed America— in living already — mother

to get on to to on get to

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A report in the Immigration Service file, dated 19 July 1963 - 1963 July 19 dated file, Service Immigration the in report A

This was a law firm at the very top of the tree, a surprisingly powerful powerful surprisingly a tree, the of top very the at firm law a was This

his election and his inauguration. Asked whether she had an an had she whether Asked inauguration. his and election his

the Chinese visa quota for the United States. Chang's Chang's States. United the for quota visa Chinese the

said, said,

'Well, John — John was the President of the the of President the was John — John 'Well,

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similar stories and he would like us to continue to to continue to us like would he and stories similar

the family if he knew what was being said. said. being was what knew he if family the

matters coming to our attention on a personal basis, as he could better defend defend better could he as basis, personal a on attention our to coming matters

scores of newspapermen. He added that with the next presidential election election presidential next the with that added He newspapermen. of scores

now less than eighteen months away, he anticipated there would be more more be would there anticipated he away, months eighteen than less now

circulated when a presidential candidate during the campaign travels with with travels campaign the during candidate presidential a when circulated

personally. He said it did seem preposterous that such a story would be be would story a such that preposterous seem did it said He personally.

Attorney-General was appreciative of our bringing this matter to his attention attention his to matter this bringing our of appreciative was Attorney-General

with the presidential candidate. As a matter of fact, Novotny did not enter the the enter not did Novotny fact, of matter a As candidate. presidential the with United States until '4 December g6ot December '4 until States United

was further informed that Mariella Novotny had allegedly gone to New York York New to gone allegedly had Novotny Mariella that informed further was clients was alleged to be the then presidential candidate John F. Kennedy. He He Kennedy. F. John candidate presidential then the be to alleged was clients to take [name blanked out]'s place, as she was travelling on pre-election rounds rounds pre-election on travelling was she as place, out]'s blanked [name take to

lived with [name blanked out], a New York City callgirl, and that one of her her of one that and callgirl, City York New a out], blanked [name with lived information developed by [name blanked out] that [name blanked out] had had out] blanked [name that out] blanked [name by developed information The Attorney-General was contacted last evening and orally orally and evening last contacted was Attorney-General The

who had written the Chang story. Now Evans reported to Hoover: Hoover: to reported Evans Now story. Chang the written had who who had sat in on the encounter with the the with encounter the on in sat had who

brother had a meeting with FBI Assistant Director Courtney Evans, Evans, Courtney Director Assistant FBI with meeting a had brother

referring to the man by the initials JFK....' JFK....' initials the by man the to referring Then the other girl was sent over to take her place. That's vivid in my my in vivid That's place. her take to over sent was girl other the Then

mind — the business about the hotel in New York, and the report report the and York, New in hotel the about business the — mind of them was given an assignment to meet a man in a certain hotel room. room. hotel certain a in man a meet to assignment an given was them of

campaign train to furnish her wares to those who Wairealt. Also, one one Also, Wairealt. who those to wares her furnish to train campaign

went over to the US in 196o, during the JFK campaign. They went went They campaign. JFK the during 196o, in US the to over went to New York, they were in a hotel there.t hotel a in were they York, New to

up in the Profumo case. 'I saw something about a couple of girls who who girls of couple a about something saw 'I case. Profumo the in up

being shown Scotland Yard reports on the way Kennedy's name came came name Kennedy's way the on reports Yard Scotland shown being

who lived at Nell Gwynne House, was believed to have gone with the the with gone have to believed was House, Gwynne Nell at lived who

President.' President.' And Chang was one of the girls discussed. A coloured girl, a Eurasian, Eurasian, a girl, coloured A discussed. girls the of one was Chang And

Rice-Davies, they went to great pains to interview as many women as as women many as interview to pains great to went they Rice-Davies,

Two British journalists, Alastair and Sheila Revie, covered the Profumo Profumo the covered Revie, Sheila and Alastair journalists, British Two

they could trace who had been close to Ward. Ward. to close been had who trace could they case in depth in /963. Unlike others, who concentrated on Keeler and and Keeler on concentrated who others, Unlike /963. in depth in case

going to say?' she said. said. she say?' to going

was a nice guy, very charming.' Then she laughed. laughed. she Then charming.' very guy, nice a was

On On

Charles Bates, the FBI man in London during the Affair, remembers remembers Affair, the during London in man FBI the Bates, Charles

'The Ward girls,' say the Revies, 'were all talking about Kennedy. Kennedy. about talking all 'were Revies, the say girls,' Ward 'The

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advise him of any such such any of him advise

'What else am I I am else 'What

advised of the the of advised

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Hoover's hold over the Kennedy's was strengthened yet again. again. yet strengthened was Kennedy's the over hold Hoover's

Marilyn Monroe. Now came the links to women in the British scandal— British the in women to links the came Now Monroe. Marilyn

come to his rescue to suppress evidence of both brothers' affairs with with affairs brothers' both of evidence suppress to rescue his to come

his brother the President. President. the brother his

dictate FBI policy. Sexually, Robert had been more restrained than than restrained more been had Robert Sexually, policy. FBI dictate

General, the first ever to treat Hoover as his subordinate, to dare to to dare to subordinate, his as Hoover treat to ever first the General, Suzy Chang, and the mounting information linking the Kennedys and and Kennedys the linking information mounting the and Chang, Suzy

disdain was for Robert, whom he regarded as an upstart Attorney- upstart an as regarded he whom Robert, for was disdain

affair with starlet Judith Campbell. Now there was Mariella Novotny, Novotny, Mariella was there Now Campbell. Judith starlet with affair apparently touched not only John, but also Robert. Hoover's greatest greatest Hoover's Robert. also but John, only not touched apparently

of compromising material — culminating most recently in his prolonged prolonged his in recently most culminating — material compromising of Danish woman suspected of being a German agent. From then on the the on then From agent. German a being of suspected woman Danish

their friends to the Stephen Ward circle in London. London. in circle Ward Stephen the to friends their apparently insatiable Kennedy had provided Hoover with a stream stream a with Hoover provided had Kennedy insatiable apparently

Naval Intelligence Officer. The recordings included coverage of the the of coverage included recordings The Officer. Intelligence Naval hotel bedroom in which Kennedy had sex with Inga Arvad, the the Arvad, Inga with sex had Kennedy which in bedroom hotel

personally ordered tape-recorded surveillance of Kennedy as a a as Kennedy of surveillance tape-recorded ordered personally

association with the Cliveden Set. During the war, Hoover had had Hoover war, the During Set. Cliveden the with association

certainly, those first reports included material on the Kennedy family's family's Kennedy the on material included reports first those certainly,

while visiting his father Joe, then Ambassador to London. Almost Almost London. to Ambassador then Joe, father his visiting while

War II, based on British MI5 reports on the young Kennedy's activity activity Kennedy's young the on reports MI5 British on based II, War damning ammunition that gave the Director a lasting hold over many many over hold lasting a Director the gave that ammunition damning

men of power — including the Kennedy brothers. brothers. Kennedy the including — power of men

and not fully available to researchers to this day. They contained contained They day. this to researchers to available fully not and

C' — Official and Confidential — files, kept by Hoover in his own office, office, own his in Hoover by kept files, — Confidential and Official — C'

had been building an astonishing dossier on smear material on some of of some on material smear on dossier astonishing an building been had

The FBI Director has has Director FBI The the most influential men in the United States. These were the '0 and and '0 the were These States. United the in men influential most the

where our skeletons are stored.' For nearly four decades now, Hoover Hoover now, decades four nearly For stored.' are skeletons our where

himself. himself.

may well have been Robert Kennedy's arch-enemy, J. Edgar Hoover Hoover Edgar J. arch-enemy, Kennedy's Robert been have well may

said, "Bobby wants everything," and everything went to Bobby from from Bobby to went everything and everything," wants "Bobby said,

I got the call from Courtney Evans [FBI Assistant Director] and he he and Director] Assistant [FBI Evans Courtney from call the got I

then on....' on....' then remembers Robert Kennedy's intervention during the Profumo Affair. Affair. Profumo the during intervention Kennedy's Robert remembers

'Everything we got,' says Stewart, 'had to go through him. One night night One him. through go to 'had Stewart, says got,' we 'Everything

It was probably Hoover who saw to it that the the that it to saw who Hoover probably was It

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This last information was manna from heaven for Hoover, for it it for Hoover, for heaven from manna was information last This

The FBI file on John Kennedy had been opened at the start of World World of start the at opened been had Kennedy John on file FBI The

Who inspired the press leaks about Novotny and Suzy Chang? It It Chang? Suzy and Novotny about leaks press the inspired Who

Donald Stewart, an Espionage Supervisor in Washington at the time, time, the at Washington in Supervisor Espionage an Stewart, Donald

been been

In 1962, though, though, 1962, In

called the 'keeper of the keys to the closet closet the to keys the of 'keeper the called

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Prime Minister at his Nassau meeting with Kennedy in 1962, threatened threatened 1962, in Kennedy with meeting Nassau his at Minister Prime

December.' December.'

Kennedy presidency. Its cancellation, communicated to the British British the to communicated cancellation, Its presidency. Kennedy

of Defense Robert McNamara with the British Defence Ministry last last Ministry Defence British the with McNamara Robert Defense of

other military documents. A Skybolt document was left by Secretary Secretary by left was document Skybolt A documents. military other source in Washington' — probably Hoover himself. According to to According himself. Hoover probably — Washington' in source

week, week,

the story hard, basing its information 'on an unchallengeable security security unchallengeable an 'on information its basing hard, story the

case, told reporters there were 'bigger scandals to come'. He referred referred He come'. to scandals 'bigger were there reporters told case,

George Wigg, in the midst of harrying Macmillan over the Profumo Profumo the over Macmillan harrying of midst the in Wigg, George to 'American sources' for his information. information. his for sources' 'American to is likely to break momentarily and may bring down the Conservatives.' Conservatives.' the down bring may and momentarily break to likely is

ian ian

Novotny—Chang story, the the story, Novotny—Chang Government at last admitted that Kim Philby had defected, the the defected, had Philby Kim that admitted last at Government another security fiasco for Britain. On the Monday, the same day the the day same the Monday, the On Britain. for fiasco security another

because of possible political rows....' rows....' political possible of because

of inexperienced "old school-tie" men who feared probing suspects suspects probing feared who men school-tie" "old inexperienced of

British specialist, Charles Bates, had told him just the sort of thing he he thing of sort the just him told had Bates, Charles specialist, British

wanted to hear. Bates wrote of a 'British counter-espionage service full full service counter-espionage 'British a of wrote Bates hear. to wanted

agreement with the United States on sharing nuclear secrets, Hoover's Hoover's secrets, nuclear sharing on States United the with agreement lessly unreliable. In 1957, when Britain was trying to come to an an to come to trying was Britain when 1957, In unreliable. lessly

obsession about communist subversion and his conviction — ever since since ever — conviction his and subversion communist about obsession

Novotny affair, and to an Oriental girl called 'Suzy Chu'. Chu'. 'Suzy called girl Oriental an to and affair, Novotny the defection of Burgess and Maclean — that British security was hope- was security British that — Maclean and Burgess of defection the

Horan. Entitled Entitled Horan.

references in a novel• written by one of them, managing editor James James editor managing them, of one by written novel• a in references

fixing in the White House, it includes barely veiled allusions — to the the to — allusions veiled barely includes it House, White the in fixing

editorial opposition to the policies of the Kennedy administration. administration. Kennedy the of policies the to opposition editorial

the deaths of both reporters involved, we are left only with coded coded with only left are we involved, reporters both of deaths the relationship was still flourishing. Red-baiting continued, as did fierce fierce did as continued, Red-baiting flourishing. still was relationship

there is now no way to discover how it got its inside information. With With information. inside its got it how discover to way no now is there

were even former FBI men on the paper's staff. In 1963, this cosy cosy this 1963, In staff. paper's the on men FBI former even were

papers fanned the flames of the Red Menace. Some of the Hearst star star Hearst the of Some Menace. Red the of flames the fanned papers

newspaper, and throughout the fifties Hoover had seen to it that Hearst Hearst that it to seen had Hoover fifties the throughout and newspaper,

writers — like Walter Winchell — were personal friends of Hoover. There There Hoover. of friends personal were — Winchell Walter like — writers got its stories on Novotny and Chang. It was a Hearst Corporation Corporation Hearst a was It Chang. and Novotny on stories its got

The Skybolt missile programme was highly controversial during the the during controversial highly was programme missile Skybolt The

Newsweek, Newsweek,

On Saturday, Saturday, On

Hoover's knowledge of Kennedy secrets dovetailed neatly with his his with neatly dovetailed secrets Kennedy of knowledge Hoover's

spoke of 'a new spy sensation ... a startling new espionage case which which case espionage new startling a ... sensation spy new 'a of spoke The The

the new case involved 'leaks of a US Skybolt missile critique and and critique missile Skybolt US a of 'leaks involved case new the

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gave first news of yet yet of news first gave

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cate task of liaison between Hoover and Robert Kennedy, is legendarily legendarily is Kennedy, Robert and Hoover between liaison of task cate tight-lipped. He rarely talks to the press. On the Profumo Affair, Affair, Profumo the On press. the to talks rarely He tight-lipped.

me. Yet MI5 kept telling me, "We don't have any interest...".' interest...".' any have don't "We me, telling kept MI5 Yet me. no intelligence angle. Now I can see they were deliberately misleading misleading deliberately were they see can I Now angle. intelligence no

just said, "Oh, we looked at that, and there's no security angle."' angle."' security no there's and that, at looked we "Oh, said, just

book, Bates said, 'In the Profumo case, MI5 kept telling me there was was there me telling kept MI5 case, Profumo the 'In said, Bates book,

"No you haven't. We gave you almost everything, either us or the the or us either everything, almost you gave We haven't. you "No CIA." When I asked what he could give us on the Profumo thing, he he thing, Profumo the on us give could he what asked I When CIA."

anything since World War II." He said, "Oh, sure we have." I said, said, I have." we sure "Oh, said, He II." War World since anything

one time,' says Bates. `I said, "Roger, you guys haven't come up with with up come haven't guys you "Roger, said, `I Bates. says time,' one

consider the security implications. 'I will never forget going to see Hollis Hollis see to going forget never will 'I implications. security the consider

deeply disillusioned about British security. When he went to see the the see to went he When security. British about disillusioned deeply Director-General of MI5, Sir Roger Hollis, Bates could not get him to to him get not could Bates Hollis, Roger Sir MI5, of Director-General

would be dangerous to allow the sale of Polaris missiles to Britain.' Britain.' to missiles Polaris of sale the allow to dangerous be would

Defense Department joined the chorus, telling correspondents that `it `it that correspondents telling chorus, the joined Department Defense

London, and Hoover's men said so to the press. A few days later the the later days few A press. the to so said men Hoover's and London,

certainly been used by MI5 to bring Stephen Ward and Soviet Assistant Assistant Soviet and Ward Stephen bring to MI5 by used been certainly Naval Attache Ivanov together. together. Ivanov Attache Naval

edited by Colin Coote — by now Sir Colin — the man who had almost almost had who man the — Colin Sir now by — Coote Colin by edited

The newspaper that had revealed his presence was the the was presence his revealed had that newspaper The

defector, Anatoli Golitsin, was hastily flown back to the United States. States. United the to back flown hastily was Golitsin, Anatoli defector,

defector, one of the CIA's most prized assets, was in Britain. The The Britain. in was assets, prized most CIA's the of one defector,

yet another embarrassment. A newspaper revealed that a key Soviet Soviet key a that revealed newspaper A embarrassment. another yet

only guess at the nature of the dossier — he had recently been in close close in been recently had he — dossier the of nature the at guess only

touch with Stephen Ward. Ward. Stephen with touch

him on his 'further dossier'. With Wigg's papers still locked up, we can can we up, locked still papers Wigg's With dossier'. 'further his on him

Harold Evans, Griffiths went to George Wigg to get information from from information get to Wigg George to went Griffiths Evans, Harold

correspondent, pursuing the Skybolt story, was Eldon Griffiths, soon to to soon Griffiths, Eldon was story, Skybolt the pursuing correspondent,

become a Conservative MP. According to Macmillan's press secretary, secretary, press Macmillan's to According MP. Conservative a become John Profumo went to Washington for talks on the technical details. details. technical the on talks for Washington to went Profumo John

Kennedy cancelled his forthcoming visit to Britain. Britain. to visit forthcoming his cancelled Kennedy

Courtney Evans, the FBI Assistant Director charged with the deli- the with charged Director Assistant FBI the Evans, Courtney

Kennedy, close to tears. He said he would understand entirely if if entirely understand would he said He tears. to close Kennedy,

the alleged British leak about Skybolt, that he called President President called he that Skybolt, about leak British alleged the

As a sop, Kennedy gave him the Polaris missile, and War Minister Minister War and missile, Polaris the him gave Kennedy sop, a As

built alternative, Britain's days as a nuclear power seemed numbered. numbered. seemed power nuclear a as days Britain's alternative, built

In 1986, shown the the shown 1986, In

political disaster for Macmillan. Without Skybolt, and with no British- no with and Skybolt, Without Macmillan. for disaster political

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The Profumo Affair left Charles Bates, Hoover's man in London, London, in man Hoover's Bates, Charles left Affair Profumo The

The FBI firmly believed that the Skybolt leaks were coming from from coming were leaks Skybolt the that believed firmly FBI The

On 7 July, just after President Kennedy's visit to Britain, there was was there Britain, to visit Kennedy's President after just July, 7 On

So great was Macmillan's chagrin, supposedly, when he learned of of learned he when supposedly, chagrin, Macmillan's was great So

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security scandal. Nobody was grinning....' grinning....' was Nobody scandal. security

great deal on the security capability of the British. And then to find find to then And British. the of capability security the on deal great secure than we should have done, not least because we depended a a depended we because least not done, have should we than secure

that the President was perhaps involved with somebody in the British British the in somebody with involved perhaps was President the that

feeling that we had been deceiving ourselves, that we had felt more more felt had we that ourselves, deceiving been had we that feeling

though, he is blunt. 'This was a time,' Evans says, 'when there was a a was there 'when says, Evans time,' a was 'This blunt. is he though,

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