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British diplomat, intelligence agent, and pro-paedophilia activist (–)

Sir Peter Telford HaymanKCMG CVO MBE (14 June – 6 April )^[1] was a British diplomat, intelligence operative and member of the Paedophile Information Exchange (a pro-paedophile activist group).

He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the New Years Honours List for his work in the diplomatic service.^[2][3] In he was named in the House of Commons as a paedophile by Geoffrey Dickens MP.

Early and personal life

Hayman was born in Deal, Kent, England, the son of Hilda (Waite-Browne) and Charles Henry Telford Hayman.^[4][5] He was educated at Stowe School and Worcester College, Oxford.^[2][6] He married Rosemary Eardley Blomefield in , and had a son and a daughter.^[6]

Career

In November he joined the Home Office as an Assistant Principal.

In World War II he served in the Rifle Brigade from to , rising to the rank of Major.^[1]

Hayman was director general of the British Information Services in New York^[7] (–64) and then deputy commandant of the British military government in West Berlin from to ^[8] He returned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, becoming Deputy Under Secretary of State with responsibility for the United Nations and Eastern Europe from to ^[1] Then, from to , he served as High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Canada.

The Independent stated in his obituary that he started a commercial career in , upon retirement at age ^[6] However The Guardian reported in that he later served in the intelligence services, and was "long-time deputy director of MI6".^[9] The Daily Telegraph characterised him as an "MI6 operative".^[10]

His obituary in The Independent gave his career history as:^[6]

• Assistant Principal Home Office –39
• Ministry of Home Security –41
• Assistant Private Secretary to Home Secretary –42
• Principal Home Office , –49
• Personal Assistant to Chief Staff Officer to the Minister MOD –52
• Assistant Secretary MOD
• UK Delegation to NATO –54
• Foreign Office
• Counsellor Belgrade –58
• Assignment to Malta
• Counsellor Baghdad –61
• Director General of British Information Services New York –64
• Minister and Deputy Commandant British Military Government in Berlin –66
• Assistant Undersecretary FO –69
• Deputy Under Secretary of State FCO –70
• High Commissioner in Canada –74

Paedophilia activism

Main article: Westminster paedophile dossier

In October , Hayman left a package of paedophilia-related material on a London bus.

The police traced the package and discovered that Hayman, under the pseudonym "Peter Henderson", had used an apartment in Bayswater, London, to conduct obscene correspondence. In the apartment, police found 45 diaries describing six years of "sexual fantasies" concerning children and activities with prostitutes, articles of female clothing and obscene literature.

He was investigated by police but released without charge after being given a warning not to send obscene material through the post.^[11][12]

In November , Private Eye magazine revealed this event.^[8] In , using parliamentary privilege, MP Geoffrey Dickens asked why Hayman had not been prosecuted,^[13][14] with Dickens saying: "How did such a potential blackmail risk come to hold highly sensitive posts at the MOD and NATO?" He also asked the Leader of the House of Commons to "investigate the security implications of diaries found in the diplomat's London flat which contained accounts of sexual exploits".^[15] In , the Attorney GeneralSir Michael Havers replied, "I am in agreement with the Director of Public Prosecutions' (Sir Thomas Chalmers Hetherington QC) advice not to prosecute Sir Peter Hayman and the other persons with whom he had carried on an obscene correspondence"^[16] adding that, while Hayman had been found to have received pornographic material through the post, it was not of an extreme nature, was non-commercial and in a sealed envelope, so did not warrant prosecution.^[17] There was much debate and condemnation in the international press of these events.^[18]

Havers said in parliament that, while Hayman was a member of the Paedophile Information Exchange, he was never a member of the executive committee, so was not prosecuted as others were for publishing contact advertisements.^[19][20] In , Hayman was convicted and fined for an act of gross indecency with another adult in a public lavatory.^[1][13][21] The Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, warned Hayman that, should he be known to repeat the offence, he would be stripped of his honours.^[21]

On 29 November , Dickens complained in the House of Commons that he had suffered harassment following his naming of Hayman.

"The noose around my neck grew tighter after I named a former high-flying British diplomat on the Floor of the House.

Honourable Members will understand that where big money is involved and as important names came into my possession so the threats began. First, I received threatening telephone calls followed by two burglaries at my London home. Then, more seriously, my name appeared on a multi-killer's hit list."^[22]

On 30 January , it was revealed that a file was found in the National Archives titled "SECURITY.

Sir Peter Hayman: allegations against former public official of unnatural sexual proclivities; security aspects".^[23] The file is dated from October to March ^[24] One document within the file related to the briefing given to then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher concerning Hayman's sexual fantasies related to children.

The document also stated that there was no evidence these fantasies had been carried out. A further document outlined the official reaction and response to be made by government ministers if questioned about his arrest. A different document states that Hayman was vulnerable to blackmail by foreign powers because of his "sexual perversion", but foreign security services were not yet aware.^[23]

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