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con pry Letter to Director : 8/8/he July 13, 1946, at Los Angeles, entitled, "CAPCA", tnat a confidential informant nad advised tne Los Angeles Office tiat tn ub is actually owned by BENJAMIN SIEGSL, After many conversacions Qa am inclined to doubt very seriously tnat tne inrormation is cor. « Upo 6 spreading of unverified Tumors that membors of some astern and Los Angeles mops were moving into tne Del Mar meet "to make a kitiing” it was speculated that this would be a crooked meet in that there would be S 5 5 5 E nas advised tnat he has some very good sources among the jockeys, omers and trainers at ‘Del at he does not believe that there willbe any unusual numbar of fixed race A ce however, that even with all of the new mechanical and other safeguards to insure honest races it actually is easy to fix a race and tnat tne same may occur, He confidentially advised tnat he possesses the identities of at least tnree jockeys ) and one or 7 omers 0. o are very likely to attempt to fix some races SOS. ‘urnished tnis information to Special Agent f this office witn the det. ervation that the same not @ Tepeated to anyone under any circumstances, id not desire to reveal tnese identities at tnis time and of course it possible to know at this time whether any of the outside racketeers can get to * snes particular individuals. In “tnis connection’ you will reoall tnat I have stated in tnis letver that SIEGSL, RAFT and their associates enjoyed considerable betting success during the first two days of the met, however, no allegations were made that any of those races were fixed. ---- Wi th-reference to the ASAC OSTEOLTHOFF tnat it be determined whetner a technical surveillance’ would be fe I advised Mr. OSTHOLTHOFF at tne is call that It 1s also noted that, « as I mentioned in 1 ay Memorandum of Au, D6, 3 Captioned, "DEL MAR TURF CLIB — CRIME SURVEY, SAN DIEGO FIELD DIVISION™ as 2 , also the purchaser of tne 51 .Rancho Vegas. vat "Las Yegas, Nevaday a genbltr g house a "dé * which BRIJMMIN STSCRL Ya, in . ost , ¥ et A ra X ° ~ WwW wan