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References
(1) Christine Keeler, The Truth at Last (2001) page 58
(2) Mandy Rice Davies, statement sent to John Simkin (23rd March, 2009)
(3) Mandy Rice Davies, Mandy (1980) pages 44-45
(4) Mandy Rice Davies, statement sent to John Simkin (23rd March, 2009)
(5) Christine Keeler, The Truth at Last (2001) page 211
(6) Mandy Rice Davies, Mandy (1980) page85
(7) Ludovic Kennedy, The Trial of Stephen Ward (1964) pages 47-48
(8) Mandy Rice Davies, statement sent to John Simkin (23rd March, 2009)
(9) Ben Bradlee, Conversations With Kennedy (1984) page 230
(10) Seymour Hersh, The Dark Side of Camelot (1998) page 391
(11) Bobby Baker, Wheeling and Dealing: Confessions of a Capitol Hill Operator (1978) pages 78-80
(12) J. Edgar Hoover, declassified cable to Charles Bates (11th June, 1963)
(13) Alan Belmont classified memo to Clyde Tolson (20th June, 1963)
(14) Dorothy Kilgallen, New York Journal-American (23rd June, 1963)
(15) Mandy Rice Davies, Mandy (1980)
(16) FBI document (July, 1963)
(17) Christine Keeler, The Tru •
Profumo affair
1960s British political scandal
The Profumo affair was a major scandal in British politics during the early 1960s. John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961. Profumo denied the affair in a statement to the House of Commons in 1963; weeks later, a police investigation proved that he had lied. The scandal severely damaged the credibility of Macmillan's government, and Macmillan resigned as Prime Minister in October 1963, citing ill health. The fallout contributed to the Conservative government's defeat by the Labour Party in the 1964 general election.
When the Profumo affair was revealed, public interest was heightened by reports that Keeler may have been simultaneously involved with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché, thereby creating a possible national security risk. Keeler knew both Profumo and Ivanov through her friendship with Stephen Ward, an osteopath and socialite who had taken her under his
Profumo affair
1960s British political scandal
The Profumo affair was a major scandal in British politics during the early 1960s. John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961. Profumo denied the affair in a statement to the House of Commons in 1963; weeks later, a police investigation proved that he had lied. The scandal severely damaged the credibility of Macmillan's government, and Macmillan resigned as Prime Minister in October 1963, citing ill health. The fallout contributed to the Conservative government's defeat by the Labour Party in the 1964 general election.
When the Profumo affair was revealed, public interest was heightened by reports that Keeler may have been simultaneously involved with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché, thereby creating a possible national security risk. Keeler knew both Profumo and Ivanov through her friendship with Stephen Ward, an osteopath and socialite who had taken her under his
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