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Saturday 18 February 2012

Spooks drew blank on Charlie Chaplin's birth

SPOOKS investigating British comedy legend Charlie Chaplin could not find out where he was born — and even considered he may have been French. 

Baffled MI5 chiefs drew a blank when looking for records of where the actor came from.

The startling puzzle came as they probed his alleged communist sympathies.

Newly released files show they were asked to investigate the film star by US authorities worried about his political leanings.

British intelligence officers could find no documents confirming the silent film star was born in London in April 1889.     More Read

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