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ia coe caer . Fe SD ALL INFORMATION pues SOLETED Las Vegas, Nevada, en > SE Mae orn August 21, 1946. AUG 22 1846 7, —— been discussing building plans on the Flamingo Hotel. * a rt + wen nt to tne Ge. one of the bankers ater went e bank later, fro onversa — ; . an ED «0250 and said +e d had a visit a ay from t B Agents, tha e a le some other —_ said that the Agents A who is putti yan a from. 78 ANG we “Alt. ce As eee MEMORANDUM FOR MR. A. E, OSTHOLTHOFF: Re: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL; MISCELLANEOUS, INFORMATION CONCERNING - CRIME SURVEY. At 11:20 pom, last night, August 26th, 1946, SIECE. br. Room 5 t Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, according t oon They were talking when they entered the room, and had Let tated that he had gome to the Bank of America and the Occidental Insurance Company, both of los Angeles, in an pe attempt to obtain a loan to assist in completing the Flamingo Hotel. He said that both places turned him down cold on his application for a loan. He said that the Bank of America had "checked" with the Metropolitan Life I urance any and the Anglo-American Insurance Company, but that he doubts that "it will come in", id that he 6 w Sd a ae Arerica because said that called h stated that he surprised a e "cold reception" he got at the ba hen tol Sy tbat he Qi called his friend at and asked wha e difficulty was. The banker advised hat "we . are hot" sked why, and the banker replie there was an invest 1a on going on, later calle Dre acked ae. he know Hotel actually began, eee and when construction on the Flamingo At this point, SIEGEL remarked, "Vell, there's a lot of heat on then.” _ hen he F,B.I, is trying to find out two things. He said th claims that he told the Agents all he knows and asked the Agents they do not go to see the peovle Ave interested - the builders! aid that the F.R.I., wants to know up the money for the hotel and where that money is } reply was that he does not know, according to | ° 62-287 -/ So