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STANDARD Porm je2. 04 ‘or rd : j ee Me ANAUM + UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO. HMR, ROSEN DATE: August 26, w. rises nom pe 196” . wr. SUBJECT: BENJAMIN SIEGEL, with aliases i Green -_ INFORMATION CONCERNING; MISCELLANEOUS ao ar Harbo CRIME SURVEY ALL IN eeoRuATION c ur Fern Tele. AIRPOSE a wibe Bea To advise you that in connection with investigation being conducted concerning @ possible Fraud Against the Government violation angle by Siegel in the construction of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, difficulty was for n Administration ana Tor CPA, would not cooperate with the Bur and refused to Agents to examine the CPA files and further they would not furnish any fac out in a hearing held on August 13 were i o by bx ai of the CPA in Yashington, D.C. has advised ' a e regulations of the CPA specifically pro eld offices of CPA to furnish information to other agencies. BACK GROUND On the basis that the construction of the Flaminso Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, is being built in violation of a freeze order issued by the CPA in March of 1946, a possible Fraud Against the Government violation investigation was instituted y) ga enjamin Siegel tion along this line was originaily furnished by | f Los Angeles that the construction of the Flamingo otel has not progressed further than "a few stakes being driven in the ground" when the freeze order regulating all commercial building under CPA went into effect. The fieeze order of the CPA went into effect on March 26, 1946. further reported that when the order came through the construction had not progress a to qualify for the granting ofa |. ‘ permit for its co her informed that it was rumored " that throug funds were bx " made available Senator PatsacCarran of Nevada and shortly thereafter construction was authorized. further reported that after construction continued, the records of the construction company were falsified to show that the construction had progressed to a greater extent than it had as of March 26, 1946 when the Freese | order ‘became effective. RECORDED ese wepspaPée PumurorTy = MR- 24 17 Vans aa rier i An editorial appeared in the Las Vegas Tribune, a4 weekly 2 por, o August 1, 1946 complaining of the fact that the Federal authoritie were? permitting the construction of the Flamingo Hotel while the veterans were hor ess due to a shortage of building material. et STOP ORDER peta . On August 8, 1946 i Mr. Ostholthoff at Los Angeles advised that information ~ | was received on that date to the effect that a "stop order" had been issued against pr COPIES DESTROYED- | Bll NOVI7 1964. | mo c +