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* Pr ied ‘Tos Angeles, California August 22, 1948 awe rroRY ATOM SON mmRerirny TS SIE LED ws a ae ITTt 4 Ns 3x SL -7 zg Ro: BENJAMIN “BUGS” SIEGEL MISCELLANEOUS: INFORMATION CONCERNING: 2 ee i FAS WLI SES CRIME SURVEY While at the san Francisco Office on August 20, 1946, I called Mr. ROSEN at the 220 ed him of my second inter- View with of the C.P.A. and formally refused to make available to me the files of the C.P.A., that he would not discuss the facts surrounding the construction of the Flamingo Hotel, and would not advise me of the name of the reporter who was preparing the transcript of the hearing before Commissione I told wr. eee that I had exhausted all possible arguments wi and tha had stated that he would not turn over any information to the F,B.T, unless he was ordered to do so by his superiors in Washington. ,., Mr. ROSEN asked me if I thought that the Department could instruct the pee J.S, Attorney at San Francisco to secure the files from C.P.A. and I told Mr. ROSEN that I did not believe that the U.S. attorney at San Francisco would have any better chance than I had of getting the information from the C.P.A., that apparently is quite bullheaded and that the only way we can get the information is to have C.P.A, Officials in Wash- ington instruc to turn the files over to us. Mr. ROSEN agreed that there was nothing further I could do and I asked him if he felt that we should proceed with our investigation. I pointed out to him that we sould go ahead with the investigation as we had originally Planned, although the investigation would be harmed somewhat for not having all the information the C.P.A. has. Mr. ROSEN asked how we would justify our investigation to the public in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and I told him that I did not believe the public would question this investigation. He said that perhaps the individuals we interviewed would question our authority to investigate this matter and would state that apparently this is a C.P.A. matter. T told him that we could then explain that the C.P.A. does have jurisdiction to investigate this matter from an administrative standpoint and that the F.B.I, was investigating the matter to determine whether there was a Fraud against the Government in submitting false information to a Government official. Mr. ROSEN asked what I planned to do tomorrow in the investigation bx