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ee Los Angeles, California August 21, 1946 ba ADE TNTOn TTY CONLSENED be Re: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL MISCELLANEOUS; INFORMATION CONCERNING; CRIME SURVEY At 1:15 p.m. today I spoke wit in the absence of Assistant Director ROSEN, hm #40n eat 4 Bureau la WL hat SIEGEL received a in connection with the proposed kidnaping o (telephone call at Las Vogas at 7:17 pem. on August 20, 1946 which we believe was fr The conversation was es follows: : STEGEL: a: are you in Cleveland? SIEGEL: Well, Itll see you tomorrow. At least I'll see you tomorrow night. I acvisec ED 0 we are not certain at this point where SIEGEL would bé™tonight, but we are covering his activities; that bre hs had planned to come to Los Angeles tonight, but we have since learned that he has reservations to h o by plane, leaving Las Vegas at 6:50 pom. tonight. I co iii. we would communicate with the Chicago Office and inatruct them to ¢ technical and microphone surveillance. over STIVELts activitiss br Pd BV VATA usu My I also advised hat through our microphones 8 in SIEGEL the Last Frontier Hotel at Las Vegas. During the discussio told of the difficulty they were having in getting f 4 a loan. He said that he a. gone to about every bank in fas Los Angeles and were turned dowm by @ach onazr that then went back to a very good friend of his in the Bank of Amertes — asked him why they were getting such a cool reception. The banker said: “you fellows are hot. Both are investizating you". a: said tha had cai 19D and told him that two F.B.I. Agents had been in to see him on Monday; that one of the agents was name and they had ing LOS ANGELES, CALIF, b vie,