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Loa angeles, California cater e august 26, 1946 ATED MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR: . - Re: BENJAMIN "RUGS" STRGEI. MISCELLANEOUS; INFORMATION CONCERNING: CRIME SURVEY concerning my conferences with Officials of the Civilian Production sdminist: tion at San Francisco on August 19th and 20th. The information concerning the conferences was furnished to the Bureau in a memorandum dated August | 20, 1946, although that memorandum did not have all of the detail which \ Im setting out below. On August 19, 1946, at Gas. tho writer interviewed °. @ Civilian Production Adminis et, Francisoo, California. We advised that we were interested in going over the files of the C.P.A. nnéction wit] tion of PadpaerTags ot Hotel at Las Vegas, Nevada. We = a that ‘ormation to the effect that there was p against the government involved and that there was possibly perjury involved on the part of the individuals constructing the Flamingo Hotel. We also advised him briefly of the background of the individuals concerned with the donstruction of the hotel. Pursuant to your request today, there is set out below the facts mt pre xplained that he was not intimately acquainted that he had attended about fifteen minutes of the hearing before lon August 13, 1946. He said he had only a general idea tha © controversy tavolved around whether there was being constructed one building or several buildings, but he was not ina position ¢ to go into the technicel aspects of th with the case o. bis is in the possession of pe for the region comprised o ho was responsible directly to e C.P.A. at Washi other Koes not report to! tho: for the C.P.A. xp laine ’ Director for Region Number o! ere the follow- ing territory: » Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. levidenced a great willingness to . cooperate with us the course of our conference with him he communicated wit: who was in charge of the Reno Office and ls éee fee {s/