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Even after Ward sent Wilson, the Home Secretary and the entire British press a letter announcing that Profumo had lied to the House of Commons, the disclosure "did not seem to make any impression" on the Prime Minister. While ordering the Lord Chancellor to investigate Ward's charges, Macmillan assured Wilson he was confident nonetheless that the security question had been "fully and efficiently watched"-although, as Wilson accurately pointed out, MI-5 men apparently knew nothing about Christine until they read about her in the papers...
...consensus is that Macmillan will be allowed to retire rather than to resign, some time this summer or fall. In perspective, he may well remain one of the most successful Prime Ministers in Tory history, but few Conservatives want him in command of their next election campaign; even pre-Profumo, the party had been in bad trouble over defense muddles, Britain's failure to enter the Common Market, and above all Macmillan's stop-and-go fiscal policies and a sluggish economy...
...which does not have to be held till the fall of 1964. But Laborites feel themselves closer to power than they have at any time in the last dozen years. At week's end Harold Wilson returned to the attack in the Commons, demanding an investigation of the Profumo case by a parliamentary select committee with sweeping powers. The more limited judicial inquiry proposed by Macmillan, cried Wilson, was merely "a cover-up," because, without authority to compel proof or the attendance of witnesses, it would have to collect evidence "from some of the most unmitigated liars in this...
Charming but Wary. That very same weekend Christine had met Jack Profumo for the first time. It was at Cliveden, and Christine, who was visiting Ward at his cottage on the grounds, was stealing a nude moonlight swim in Astor's pool. Suddenly Bill Astor appeared with some guests, including Profumo. Frantically clutching a towel around her dripping self, Christine was introduced to both Jack and his wife, Valerie Hobson. "She was very charming," said Christine, "but seemed wary of me." Next day, Christine brought Ivanov out to Cliveden, and the Russian and Profumo held a swimming race, which...
...Ivanov. At least that is how Christine told it in the News of the World: "There was one of those electric, potent silences, and he was kissing me and I was returning his kisses with everything I suddenly felt for him." Once, when Valerie was in Ireland on holiday, Profumo took Christine to his house in Regent's Park. "We crept around the lovely rooms and then we got to THEIR bedroom...