Editing Profumo affair (section)

===Stephen Ward and Yevgeny Ivanov===
Stephen Ward, born in [[Hertfordshire]] in 1912, qualified as an osteopath in the United States. After the Second World War he began practising in [[Cavendish Square]], London,<ref name="odnbW">{{cite ODNB|last=Davenport-Hines|first=Richard|title=Ward, Stephen Thomas|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40839|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/40839|access-date=11 January 2014}} {{subscription required}}</ref> where he rapidly established a good reputation and attracted many distinguished patients. These connections, together with his personal charm, brought him considerable social success. In his spare time, Ward attended art classes at the [[Slade School of Fine Art|Slade school]],<ref name="odnbW" /> and developed a profitable sideline in portrait sketches. In 1960 he was commissioned by ''[[The Illustrated London News]]'' to provide a series of portraits of national and international figures. These included members of the [[British royal family|Royal Family]], among them [[Prince Philip]] and [[Princess Margaret]].<ref>Knightley and Kennedy, pp. 61–66</ref>

Ward hoped to visit the Soviet Union to draw portraits of Russian leaders. To help him, one of his patients, the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' editor [[Colin Coote|Sir Colin Coote]], arranged an introduction to Captain [[Yevgeny Ivanov (spy)|Yevgeny Ivanov]] (anglicised as "Eugene"), listed as a [[naval attaché]] at the Soviet Embassy.<ref>Knightley and Kennedy, pp. 68–69</ref> British Intelligence ([[MI5]]) knew from the [[double agent]] [[Oleg Penkovsky]] that Ivanov was an intelligence officer in the Soviet [[GRU (Soviet Union)|GRU]].<ref>Knightley and Kennedy, p. 74</ref> Ward and Ivanov became firm friends. Ivanov frequently visited Ward at Wimpole Mews, where he met Keeler and Rice-Davies, and sometimes joined Ward's weekend parties at Cliveden.<ref name="Denning8" />

MI5 considered Ivanov a potential [[defector]] and sought Ward's help to this end, providing him with a case officer known as "Woods".<ref>Robertson, pp. 20–21</ref><ref>Summers and Dorril, pp. 24 and 123</ref> Ward was later used by the [[Foreign Office]] as a [[Track II diplomacy|backchannel]], through Ivanov, to the Soviet Union,<ref>Robertson, p. 166</ref> and was involved in unofficial diplomacy during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] in October 1962.<ref>Knightley and Kennedy, pp. 105–12</ref> Ward's closeness to Ivanov raised concerns about his loyalty; according to [[Alfred Denning, Baron Denning|Lord Denning]]'s September 1963 report, Ivanov often asked Ward questions about British foreign policy, and Ward did his best to provide answers.<ref name="Denning8" />