1. Mrs J. Thompson, Home Office, to Julia Stonehouse, Correspondence Reference PDP/S 11825/1/3, 3rd June 1977.
2. Michael Sherrard, London Capital Group (formerly British Bangladesh Trust Limited): investigation under section 165 (b) of the Companies Act, London: H.M.S.O., pages 271, 38, 201 and 177.
3. ‘Loose Minute’ from G. Clark to H.C. Gill, 11th November 1977, The National Archives File BT 299/346, page 1.
4. ‘Loose Minute’ from H.C. Gill to Mr W. Cook, Postscript 10th November in 9th November 1977, The National Archives File BT 299/346.
5. Tony Whitehead quoted in Martin Walker, ‘Why Stonehouse fears prison hospital’, Guardian, 17th November 1978.
6. Rosalind Kane quoted in Martin Walker, ‘Why Stonehouse fears prison hospital’, Guardian, 17th November 1978.
7. Rosina Stonehouse quoted in Frank Thompson, ‘No meeting for the women who love Stonehouse’, Daily Mail, 16th September, page 3.
8. Tony Frost, ‘Sheila Buckley’s Plea for Mercy’, Sunday Mirror, 15th October, page 3.
9. James Meikle, ‘Stonehouse: plea by girls’, Oxford Mail, 31st October 1978, page 1.
10. S.S. Bampton of Home Office to Jane Stonehouse, 15th November 1978.
11. Harry Richards quoted in Peter Whitehouse, ‘Release him …’, Sunday Mercury, 19th November 1978, page 16.
12. ‘For mercy’s sake, Merlyn!’, Sunday Mirror, 12th November 1978, page 2.
13. ‘Let Stonehouse go – top cop’, Daily Mirror, 18th November 1978.
14. Mr Kenneth Lomas, Early Day Motion No. 65, ‘Notices of Questions and Motions: 21st November 1978’, No. 15, Hansard, page 1087.
15. Michael Dove, ‘£40,000 in Trunk Stonehouse Denial’, Sunday Express, 26th November 1978, page 1.
16. ‘Should Mr Stonehouse Be Paroled?’, The Times, 17th November 1978.
17. Michael O’Dell, ‘Mr Stonehouse and parole’, letters section, The Times, 18th November 1978.
18. ‘Stonehouse in £40,000 Riddle’, Sunday People, 26th November 1978.
19. J.A. Chilcot, Private Secretary to Home Secretary, Home Office, 28th November 1978.
20. Maureen Colquhoun MP, to Jane Stonehouse, 15th December 1978.
21. David Meilton, ‘Ex-MP does less than half sentence Stonehouse To Be Freed’, Evening News, 6th August 1979, page 1.
22. Rosina Stonehouse quoted in David Meilton, ‘Ex-MP does less than half sentence Stonehouse To Be Freed’, Evening News, 6th August 1979, page 1.
23. Rosina Stonehouse quoted in Raymond Rogers, ‘Stonehouse’s Stormy Freedom’, Daily Mail, 7th August 1979, page 1.
24. Sheila Buckley quoted in Tim Miles, ‘That woman answers back’, Daily Mail, 8th August 1979.
25. Tim Miles, ‘That woman answers back’, Daily Mail, 8th August 1979.
Chapter 17
1. Sheila Stonehouse quoted in Diana Hutchinson, ‘Yes, it WAS worth it – I’d do it again’, Daily Mail, 16th April 1988, page 12.
2. Bill Greig, ‘The double life and double death of John Stonehouse’, Daily Express, 15th April 1988, page 3.
3. Norman Leith, ‘Flawed man of passion Stonehouse dies’, Evening Standard, 14th April 1988, page 5.
4. Ian Waller, ‘The rise and fall of John Stonehouse’, Daily Telegraph, 15th April 1988, page 7.
5. ‘Maverick MP dies of heart attack’, South China Morning Post, 15th April 1988, page 14.
6. ‘Stonehouse dies of heart attack’, Hong Kong Standard, 15th April 1988, page 1.
Chapter 18
1. Museum of Communism, Prague, Information Board titled ‘Basic Structure’.
2. Josef Frolik, The Frolik Defection – Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent, London: Leo Cooper, 1975, page 10.
3. Ibid, pages 80, 113–14.
4. Ibid, pages 78–9.
5. Josef Frolik interview by Peter Williams, ‘The Czech Connection’, ‘This Week’, Thames TV, 7th July 1977.
6. 43075_43075_000_0099, Security Services Archive, Prague: fond Foreign Intelligence Main Directorate – Operative Files (I. S – svazky): personal file reg. no. 43075 I. S, code names ‘Kolón’, ‘Twister’, including MTH 21968 I. S. Unless otherwise stated, all references within this chapter adhere to the above citation, and the file prefix: 43075_43075_. The seven digits in the references below shall indicate the individual file.
7. 21968_43075_020_0019, Security Services Archive, Prague: fond Foreign Intelligence Main Directorate – Operative Files (I. S – svazky): personal file reg. no. 43075 I. S, code names ‘Kolón’, ‘Twister’, including MTH 21968 I. S.
8. 020_0033.
9. Peter Benenson (Editor), Gangrene, London: John Calder, 1959, ‘Kenya’s Inhumanities,’ page 94.
10. Peter Benenson (Editor), Gangrene, London: John Calder, 1959, ‘From the Documents on Hola’, page 96.
11. Ian Cobain, The History Thieves – Secrets, Lies and the Shaping of a Modern Nation, London: Portobello Books, 2016, page 110.
12. Ladislav Bittman, The Deception Game, New York: Ballantine Books, 1972, pages ix, 29.
13. 000_0285.
14. 000_0147.
15. 000_0295.
16. Josef Frolik, The Frolik Defection – Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent, London: Leo Cooper, 1975, page 50.
17. 000_0247.
18. Oleg Gordievsky, Next Stop Execution, The autobiography of Oleg Gordievsky, London: Macmillan, 1995, pages 221, 280. (Copyright © Oleg Gordievsky) Reprinted by permission of A.M. Heath & Co Ltd.
19. 000_0155.
20. 000_0155 and 000_0157.
21. Josef Frolik, The Frolik Defection – Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent, London: Leo Cooper, 1975, pages 98, 95.
22. 021_0033.
23. 000_0389.
24. 000_0389.
25. 21968_43075_020_0013, Security Services Archive, Prague: fond Foreign Intelligence Main Directorate – Operative Files (I. S – svazky): personal file reg. no. 43075 I. S, code names ‘Kolón’, ‘Twister’, including MTH 21968 I. S.
26. Josef Frolik, The Frolik Defection – Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent, London: Leo Cooper, 1975, pages 78, 85.
27. John Stonehouse, Death of an Idealist, London: WH Allen, 1975, pages 88–9.
28. 000_0061.
29. 021_0095.
30. 000_0579.
31. 021_0123.
32. 000_0151.
33. 000_0219.
34. 000_0385.
35. 000_0435.
36. 000_0439.
37. 000_0471.
38. 000_0479.
39. 000_0543.
40. 000_0037.
41. 021_0027.
42. 021_0029.
43. 021_0129.
44. 021_0269.
45. 021_0279.
46. 021_0281.
47. 000_0071.
48. 000_0067.
49. 000_0075.
50. 000_0077.
Chapter 19
1. Josef Frolik, The Frolik Defection – Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent, London: Leo Cooper, 1975, page 175.
2. David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, London: Heinemann – Mandarin, 1989, page 213.
3. Ibid, page 236.
4. Christopher Sweeney, ‘Defector reveals MPs’ part in spy ring’, The Times, 25th January 1974, page 8.
5. Christopher Andrew, The Defence of The Realm, London: Allen Lane, 2009, page 668.
6. John Hunt to Ken Stowe, 3rd June 1975, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848, Document 2, pages 1–2.
7. Josef Frolik, The Frolik Defection – Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent, London: Leo Cooper, 1975, page 97.
8. Letter from Robert Armstrong to Sir Michael Hanley, 4th July 1974, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848, Document 1.
9. John Hunt to Ken Stowe, 3rd June 1975, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848, Document 2, pages 2–3.
10. Gordon Corera, BBC, 25th June 2012, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18556213, accessed 26th January 2021.
11. Richard Stott, ‘MP Was Named as Spy Contact’, Daily Mirror, 17th D
ecember 1974, page 1.
12. Josef Frolik quoted by Stephen Hastings MP in the House of Commons, 14th December 1977, Adjournment (Christmas), Hansard, volume 941 (508).
13. Sir John Hunt draft letter to Patrick Mayhew for signature of James Callaghan, 13th July 1978, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848, pages 1–2.
14. John Hunt to Mr Wood for the attention of Prime Minister James Callaghan, 15th December 1977, page 1, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848.
15. Stephen Hastings MP in the House of Commons, 14th December 1977, Adjournment (Christmas), Hansard, volume 941 (586).
16. Robert Armstrong to Ken Stowe, 24th January 1978, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848, Document 5.
17. Ken Stowe to James Callaghan, Compliment Slip, 27th January 1978, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848.
18. James Callaghan to Patrick Mayhew, 26th June 1978, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848.
19. Patrick Mayhew to James Callaghan, 11th July 1978, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848.
20. James Callaghan to Cranley Onslow, 28th June 1978, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848.
21. ‘Note for the record’ of meeting between Callaghan and Mayhew, prepared by Ken Stowe, 12th July 1978, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848, page 2.
22. Draft letter from James Callaghan to Patrick Mayhew, 18th July 1978 (attached to memo from John Hunt), The National Archives File PREM 16/1848, pages 1–3.
23. ‘Note for the Record’ prepared by Ken Stowe, ‘The Frolik Affair Meeting’ between James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher, 18th July 1978, page 1, The National Archives File PREM 16/1848.
24. David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, London: Heinemann – Mandarin, 1989, page 240.
Chapter 20
1. John Hunt, interview Channel 4, Secret History: Harold Wilson – The Final Days, 15th August 1996.
2. Stephen Dorril, and Robin Ramsay, Smear! Wilson and the Secret State, London: Grafton, 1992, page 196.
3. Tony Benn, Office Without Power, Diaries 1968–72, London: Hutchinson, 1988, page 252.
4. Stephen Dorril, and Robin Ramsay, Smear! Wilson and the Secret State, London: Grafton, 1992, page 198.
5. Peter Wright, Spycatcher, Richmond: Heinemann Publishers Australia, 1987, page 364.
6. Ibid, pages 367–9.
7. Ibid, pages 369–70.
8. David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, London: Heinemann – Mandarin, 1989, page 236.
9. Ibid, page 239.
10. Ibid, page 193.
11. David Pallister, ‘Private Eye “may have been used by MI5”’, Guardian, 14th May 2009, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/may/14/from-the-archive-private-eye, accessed 20th November 2021.
12. ‘Diplomatic Bag’, Private Eye, 20th September 1974, page 3.
Chapter 21
1. Linda Goldman and Michael Sherrard QC, Wigs and Wherefores: A Biography of Michael Sherrard QC, London: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing, 2008, pages 238–239. Reprinted with permission of Wildy & Sons Ltd.
2. Ibid, page 239.
3. Michael Sherrard, London Capital Group (formerly British Bangladesh Trust Limited): investigation under section 165 (b) of the Companies Act, London: H.M.S.O., pages 353–4.
4. Linda Goldman and Michael Sherrard QC, Wigs and Wherefores: A Biography of Michael Sherrard QC, London: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing, 2008, page 244.
5. Nigel Nelson, ‘Stonehouse “Gave” Concorde Secrets to Russia’, The People, 17th April 1988, page 2.
6. Chapman Pincher, ‘Stonehouse was a Soviet Spy’, Daily Express, Monday 2nd January 2006, pages 24–5.
7. Theo Barclay, ‘Stonehouse, the MP who was a Czech spy’, The Times, Times2, page 2, 22nd February 2018, and online at thetimes.co.uk as ‘John Stonehouse, the MP who really was a Czech spy.’
8. Sarah Oliver and Katka Krosnar, ‘Stonehouse was a Czech Spy’, The Mail on Sunday Review, 15th January 2006, pages 55–8.
9. Chapman Pincher, ‘Minister sold our Concorde secrets to KGB’, Daily Express, 16th January 2006, page 10.
10. Ernest Prince, ‘As immigration flood threatens to get out of hand … Midland MPs say where they stand’, Express & Star, 17th February 1968, page 6.
11. John Stonehouse quoted in Ernest Prince, ‘As immigration flood threatens to get out of hand … Midland MPs say where they stand’, Express & Star, 17th February 1968, page 6.
12. Ferdinand Mount, ‘Wedded to the Absolute’, London Review of Books, 26th September 2019, page 3.
Acknowledgements
I consider myself very lucky to have Icon Books as my publisher as they have proved a joy to work with. In particular I’d like to thank Ellen Conlon who has, in addition to excellent editorial skills, an instinctive touch that identified otherwise invisible areas of weakness in my manuscript. I’d also like to thank the archivists who helped me in my research, and all archivists everywhere, because without them history would be lost and events more vulnerable to fabrication. Finally, I am grateful to my mother for supporting me through this process, sometimes having to recall her experiences despite the emotional cost.
Index
JS indicates John Stonehouse. A page number followed by ‘n’ indicates a note on that page.
A
‘Affirm’ 1, 2, 3
Africa 1, 2 British attitudes towards 1, 2
Ahmad, Tajuddin 1
Ahmed, Kazi B. 1, 2, 3
Ainley, David 1
Albania 1
Alexander, Andrew 1
al-Hamdi, Ibrahim 1
al-Iryani, Abdul Rahman 1
Allen & Overy (solicitors) 1
Alwyne Road, London (Stonehouse residence) 1, 2, 3
American Express 1, 2
Amin, Idi 1, 2, 3
Andrew, Christopher 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Angleton, James Jesus 1, 2, 3
anti-colonialism 1, 2, 3, 4
April Fool’s Day joke 1
Armstrong, Sir Robert 1, 2, 3
Astoria Hotel, London 1, 2, 3
August, Frantisek 1, 2
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group 1, 2, 3
Australian High Commission 1
Australian law extradition 1, 2, 3
immigration 1, 2, 3
Australian police 1, 2, 3
aviation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Awami League 1, 2
Aziz, Suhail 1, 2
B
bail hearings for JS 1
Baldwin, Archer 1
Bangladesh 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 JS honorary citizenship 1, 2, 3
Bangladesh Fund 1, 2, 3, 4 see also British Bangladesh Trust
Bangladeshi community in Britain 1, 2, 3, 4
Bank of England 1, 2, 3, 4
Bank of New South Wales (BNSW) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) 1, 2, 3, 4
bankruptcy 1, 2
banks, financial crisis 1973–1974 1
Barak, Rudolf 1
Barclay, Theo 1
Bartholomew, A.A. 1
Bartlett, Griff 1, 2
BBC 1, 2
BBT see British Bangladesh Trust
Benn, Tony 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Biafrans 1
BICC see British Insulated Callender’s Cables
Bingham, Philip 1
Bittman, Ladislav 1
Black Country 1
Blakemore, Eric 1
Blaker, Peter 1
Blom-Cooper, Louis 1, 2
Blundeston Prison 1, 2, 3
BNSW see Bank of New South Wales
BNZ see Bank of New Zealand
Boothroyd, Betty 1, 2
BOSS (South African secret police) 1, 2
Botswana 1, 2
Brimelow, Sir Thomas 1
British Bangladesh Trust (BBT, later London Capital Group) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 auditors and DTI inspectors 1, 2, 3
British High Commission, Canberra 1, 2, 3
British Insulated Callender’s Cables (BICC) 1, 2
British Nationality Act, 1948 1
/> British Petroleum 1
Brixton Prison 1
Brockway, Fenner 1
Buckley, Roger 1
Buckley, Sheila relationship with JS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 love triangle with JS and Barbara 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
pregnancy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
devotion to JS 1, 2, 3, 4
after JS released from prison 1
marriage and birth of James 1
role in disappearance of JS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Copenhagen 1, 2
letters and phone calls 1, 2, 3, 4
trunk of clothes 1
in Australia with JS 1 arrest and imprisonment 1, 2
extradition proceedings 1
return to London 1, 2
trial 1, 2
press interviews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
correspondence with Margaret Picco 1
relationship with Roger Buckley 1
C
Callaghan, James (Jim) 1, 2, 3, 4 reaction to JS spying allegations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Cameron, Clyde 1, 2, 3, 4, 5n, 6
Canada 1
Canada Life 1, 2–30
canals 1
Carton, Ronnie and Jane 1
Catholicism 1
cement 1
Central Criminal Court see Old Bailey
Central Weekend (TV show) 1
Cepelak, Vaclav 1
Charlton, Jim 1, 2, 3, 4
chess 1, 2, 3
Chilcot, John 1
Chowdhury, Abu Sayeed 1, 2
Church, Frank 1
CIA 1, 2n, 3 anti-Wilson and Labour 1, 2
infiltration by KGB 1
investigation of Communist intelligence activities 1, 2
Josef Frolik defection from StB 1, 2, 3, 4
JS accused of spying for 1, 2
sabotaging Cuba 1
surveillance of Stonehouse family 1
CIS 1
Clayden, Harry 1
Clifford, Lord 1
Cobain, Ian 1
Coffey, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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