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Federal Bureau of Inuestigatian United States Department of Justice Los Angeles (13) California na maOnED September 4, 1946 ALL qeToRVa TION HEREIN 15 US Director, FBI ; Da ‘Attention: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ROSEN Re: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL TNFORWATION NMISCELLANECUS; CRIME SURVEY 4 _ Dear Sir: I am transmitting herewith a portion of the transcript covering the hearing before C.P.A. Commissioner OWENS at San Francisco, California ow Augue{ 13’ and 14, 1946. This portion covers only the testimony of . FRED GWTADLOCK, Investigator of the Civilian Production Administration. { These pazes were copied from the oririnal transcript by the Secretary of GORDOm NC KENZIE, Legal Counsel of the €.P.A., who presented this mattor béfdre Cormisei{oner OWENS. Mr. MC KENZIE stated that he would make available to us a complete transcript of the hearing, but since there were only three copies in existence and they were needed by the Civilian Production Administration until after the hearing «f September 6th, he would ir the meantime have his secretary type pertinent portions of the testimony. You will note that the testimony of TADLOCK represents | “eT ~fractically the entire case of the C.P.A. in this matter. There are *»,. blue prints and plot plans referred to in this testimony which are not _* available at the present time. However, I am transmitting herewith ( @ photostatic copy of the blue print which was submitted rbygisre ram « of ithe C.F.A. Construction Division at Reno, Nevada by 1°1T STIENER on a April 29, 1946 when WIENER first sought the authority ofthe COR.A. to ‘ contime construction of the Flamingo Hotel. JI have marked on this * pimtostaé in red pencil the letter "g" which designetes the gambling . scasino and restaurant and with the letter "B" the hotel building. That > a ot the designation which TADLOCK refers to in his testimony, although Ay &: Gat many points in the testimony he refers to .a plan-of March 22, 1946; =a “wherpes, the plan transmitted herewith Ys a ae of January 12, 1946, as S-* f ” Generally speaking, however, by referring to the _Jenuary 12, 1946 plan ~~ : you can secure an intelligent idea of spe goigEeinicontroversy, ) ai — I am also transmitting nereith a COPY may yt an Product ge ip Administration VEP«1 dated March 26, 194 wAlah ic ‘he order alleged: “ye _...-, #° violated by SIEGEL and his associates in the construction tte ‘Bs lingo a _. Hotel. RECORDED, & IXDEXED i 4 “4 ee an i As further portions of the transeript before the C,P«As- Comiissioner in Sar Francisco are received they will be transmitted to-the Bureau. a ae 3 ’ ya . . kv very truly your 3 > he E. CSTHOLTHCFF AMASD C2- P157F- yP> ~ a feck ama oe pine apna RE pte