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; against me should be prosecuted... eae pe TA cat ‘po thers 6 evecket ia firwiie cro (Stephen Ward sent a summary of this letter to the newspaper ne © they did not publish it.) How te te pede eliza aby avoRa tt Ged bor 204. To which the very proper reply was sent next day:..- -o0 -«. : “The Home Secretary has asked me to explain that the police, ar making whatever inquiries they | think _ Proper, do not act under his 205, ‘On the 20th May, 1963, ‘secohen Ward ‘wrote to his Member of Parliament (Sir Wavell | Wakefield) a. long letter, in the course of which he said: “ " Possibly an inquiry ‘may be necessary “when a . Minister has not told the truth to Parliament.”..7 -...- ce, og ar ‘err a ee | Beste tm thn af Ih bis . “5 Sir Waveii Wakeficid passed tiie letter to the Chief W mip. me 206. On 20th May, 1963, Stephen Ward wrote also to Mr. Harold Wilson, M.P., saying: . \ “ Obviously my efforts to conceal the fact that Mr. “Profumo had not told the truth in Parliament have made it look as if I myself had something to hide. It is quite clear now that they must wish the facts to be known, and I shall see that they are.” 207. On 23rd May, 1963, Mr. Wilson sent a copy of this letter to the rime Minister 208. This spate of letters by Stephen Ward had their effect. Questions were tabled in Parliament by Mr. Ben Parkin and Mr. Chuter Ede for ‘the Home Secretary to answer. They were designed to ask him what information he had received from Stephen Ward in connection with inquiries carried out by the Metropolitan Police—no doubt meaning the information in bis letter of 19th May, 1963—but these Questions were subsequently withdrawn. There was also a burst of speculation in Fleet Street. Everyone there had a strong feeling that the stories circulating about Mr. Profumo were true. Things were heading towards a climax. _ oat a Gv) Mr. Harold Wilson, MP. takes up the Security ‘Iewe 209. :On 9th April, 1963, Mr. Wilson sent Mr. Wigg’s memorandum (paragraph 193) to ‘the Prime Minister through the Chiet Whip. On 17th April, 1963, the Prime Minister replied : “My Chief Whip has given to me the letter and enclosaxifeem you dated 9th April dealing with George Wigg’s converssti@gl with a Mr. Stephen Ward. I will ask ‘the appropriate authoritie 4 awe an examination made of the information and will get in touch wir yoo later on if this seems necessary.” ages as (The reference to “a Mr. Stephen Ward™ has since been criticised as disingenuous.) I 68