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APR 17 i974 3. On March 5, 1974, the Dallas Texas office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation advised me that batween 7:00 P.M. February 14, 1974 and 12:45 A.M. February 15, 1974, jewelry totalling $24,065 belonging to Lee Liberace was stolen from Liberace's Statler-Hilton Hotel suite in Dallas, Texas. Included in this theft was one platinum pocket watch valued at $5,500, with roman numerals laid out with diamonds of a total weight of 85 points. On the back of the watch was the script letter "L" laid out in diamonds, approximate weight 1.25 ct. 4. Special Agent James Dewhurst advised me that a confidential informant stated on March 20, 1974 that he (confidential informant) had been to Lewin's place cf business on various occasions and observed Lewin discuss over the telephone the buying and selling of stolen jewelry. The confidential informant further stated that on March 19, 1974, he had sean 1,000-1,500 14k gold "Princess" rings bearing the manufacturer’s initials BMH, which Lewin had indicated were part of a "load" he had just received. The confidential informant told Agent Dewhurst who told me, that Adolph Lewin is known as a jewelry fence who operates from Suite 604, 5 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 39