"My wish was to release myself from the incredible pressures being put on me, particularly in my business activities and various attempts at blackmail." Thus, in a strangely unrepentant, even jaunty mood, did Labor M.P. and International Financier John Stonehouse explain in a telegram to Prime Minister Harold Wilson a mysterious disappearance that for 33 days had Britain buzzing with rumor and speculation (see TIME, Dec. 30). Last seen on Nov. 20 setting off for a jog on the beach at Miami's Fontainebleau Hotel and since then widely presumed to have drowned,...
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