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" — » — much of what I was told was untruc. If in what remained there were any or gc ee evidence of a security riak, I would of course, report it. But after the flliest - investigation I am satisfied that in each case there is no evidence that netiimal ~ security has been or may be affected. 2 ee cle tice wend E 2 337. There I must leave it, without setting out the détails, for I am quite satisfied that if I were to do so I would be playing into the hands of these informers. They would, I am sure, go back to the newspapers and sell their stories for a high price. And my inquiry would be turned by them, not only into a witch-hunt, but also into an instrument for their sordid gain. This would be so distasteful a result that I beg to be excused from lending any aid 338. There were other rumours arising indirectly out of the Profumo affair, which only became current because of it (such as that a prominent person was visiting a girl every week as such-and-such a place or someone else had an affair with his secretary). These again were so nebulous that I found it difficult to deal with them. Nevertheless I investigated them and have to report there is not a shred of evidence in support of them. I reject them as utterly unfounded. a ; oe t toe T a wt ‘ 113