Roger Hollis in 1956 and remaining in that post until his retirement in 1965. After Kim Philby's flight from Beirut to Moscow in 1963, rumours began to circulate that Hollis had alerted him to his impending arrest. Hollis was criticised for not alerting John Profumo, the War Secretary in Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, that he might have become entangled with a Soviet spy ring through his friendship with Stephen Ward, and his affair with showgirl Christine Keeler, who was introduced by Ward to Profumo. Soviet Naval Attache Eugene Ivanov was also involved with Keeler at this time, in the early
The Christine Keeler Story The Christine Keeler Story The Christine Keeler Story is a 1963 film about the Profumo Affair. The film was also known as The Keeler Affair. The film was shot in Denmark over six weeks. Keeler took a photo to promote the film. It was taken by Lewis Morley on on the first floor of Peter Cook's Establishment Club, and consisted of Keeler sitting naked on a chair. The photo became very famous. The film was twice rejected by British censors and was never given a release in the UK. The "Blackpool Tribune", reviewing the film in Boston, called it "a