 Keeler then gave details of her affair with Profumo to a police officer, who did not pass on this information to MI5 or the legal authorities.By this time, many of Profumo's political colleagues had heard rumours of his entanglement, and of the existence of a potentially incriminating letter.Nevertheless, his denials were accepted by the government's principal law officers and the Conservative Chief Whip, although with some private scepticism.