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STANDARD POR ja0, 64 C — , Office Memprandum + onrrep sratis GOVERNMENT TO 8 Rp, ROSEN DATE: August 26, h ye 1946 FROM : ay 62-81518 SUBJECT: BENJAMIN SIEGEL, with aliases INFORMATION CONCERNING; MISCELLANEOUS CRIME SURVEY ALL in Cc NOREEN SS PETES ig ie To advise you that in connection with investigation being conducted concerning & possible Fraud Against the Government violation angle by Siegel in the construction of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, difficulty was encountered by Agents making inquiries o. for in Administration CPA. would not cooperate with Agents to examine the CPA files and further they would not furnish any tac out in a hearing held on August 13 re bx 4 of the CPA in Yashington, D.C. has sed : Ey e regulations of the CPA specifically pro! eld offices of CPA to furnish information to other agencies. BACK GROUND On the basis that the construction of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, is being built in violation of a freeze order issued by the CPA in March of 1946, a possible Fraud Against the Government violation investigation was instituted y} ga: en jamin Siegel tion along this line was originaily furnished by f Los Angeles that the construction of the Flamingo otel has not progressed further than "a few stakes being driven in the ground" when the freeze order regulating all commercial building under CPA went into effect. The feeze order of the CPA went into effect on March 26, 1946. further reported that when the order came through the construction had not pro, to qualify for the granting of a permit for its that it was rumored b 7 that through! funds were XE, made available shortly thereafter construction was authorized. further reported that after construction continued, the records of the construction company were falsified to show that the construction had progressed to a greater extent than it had as of March 26, 1946 when the freeze omer ‘became effective. REOORD. . MEMSPAPER PumIcrry = K-24 17 Vy ap Ins those Me An editorial appeared in the Las ‘Vegas Tribune, a yeakly kay gekopart ry of August 1, 1946 complaining of the fact that the Federal authori ties’ were? permitting the construction of the Flamingo Hotel » while the veterans were hor ass due to a shortage of building material. . « STOP ORDER boot eee ; On August 8, 1946 A kr. Ostholthoff at Los Angeles advised that information ~§ | was received ye to get date to the effect that a "atop order" had been issued against ; aaets pe : : 73 Hs He aoe COPIES DESTROYED. BLL Noviz 1964. : ; 5 om Ay