The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover, who had long been suspicious of Chaplin's political leanings, used the opportunity to generate negative publicity about him.
Direktur Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover, yang telah lama mengamati gerak-gerik politik Chaplin, mengambil kesempatan tersebut untuk memberikan publisitas negatif terhadapnya.