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Accessions administration: KV 2
Catalogue reference: PRO 57/15934
Date: 2000 Jan 1 - 2003 Dec 31
Accessions administration: KV 2
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Charles Spencer CHAPLIN, alias Charlie CHAPLIN: British. This file was opened in...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/3700
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This record is about the Charles Spencer CHAPLIN, alias Charlie CHAPLIN: British. This file was opened in... dating from 1952 Sep 22 - 1958 Nov 18 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- KV 2/3700
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1952 Sep 22 - 1958 Nov 18
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Description (What the record is about)
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Charles Spencer CHAPLIN, alias Charlie CHAPLIN: British. This file was opened in 1952 when CHAPLIN was reported to have made a covert donation to the American Communist Party in 1923 and to have continued his communist associations subsequently. In 1953 he denied that he was a communist but was prevented from returning to the USA. In 1958 the Security Service, which had never been convinced by the American reports, assessed him as progressive or radical rather than communist
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PF 710549 VOL 1
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- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Retained Until 2012
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12115759/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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