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4 one out much, but he did take me to his own home while his wife was away. And he did write letters tome: © - One might also think that those responsible for State security’ “would keep some sort of watch on men who hold as many secrets as bed Yet if that happened he would never have been able to come’ and see me at the flat where I was being visited by the Russian. * And, believe me, the Russian was a man who would be very. ‘ much aware of the value of the secrets which Profumo knew. He was not a civilian. He was, in fact, a naval captain, Captain Eugene Ivanov. Of course, at the time I did not realise the sinister implications behind my two affairs. I was only {8 and knew nothing of politics or international matters. I was not interested. — I did not realise then that blackmail is one of the Russians’ favourite weapons when they are trying | to recruit | traitors or discover secret information. -' I am sure that Jack Profumo ‘would not have allowed his harmless affair with me to be used as a levér to prise secrets from him. But a weaker. man in his position might have allowed it to happen. At the time, however, I saw no danger in the situation. It just seemed funny to me that I should be seéing the two men, sometimes on the same day. One might leave my flat only a few minutes before the other arrived. I did find it worrying when someone asked fe to try to get from - Profumo the answer toa certain question. ~ That question was: ‘When, if ever, are the Americans going to give nuclear weapons to Germany?’ I am not prepared to say in public who asked me to find out the answer to that question. I am prepared to give it to the security officials. In fact, I believe now that I have a duty to do 50. “ (iv) ‘She tells the Police 67, On 26th January, 1963, Detective-Sergeant Burrows of the Marylebone Police Station called on Christine Keeler to serve her with notice to attend the trial of John Edgecombe. It was only four days after she had signed her conditional contract with the Sunday Pictorial. She then told the Detective-Sergeant in brief outline the self-same story as she told the newspaper. This needs separate treatment and I will deal with it in the next Chapter. ; (v) Those who knew 68. By the end of J anuary, 1963, therefore, Christine Keeler had told her story to these people: (1) Mr. John Lewis and through him Mr. George Wigg, MP: (2) The newspapers, particularly the News of the World and in Pictorial: : re oe (3) The police through Detective Sergeant Burrows: ro ty ie (4) The Security Service got to know of her story ‘about this time too. 33 ‘ - Ss a ae ppg SS