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| ah. WEWRANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR: "" guguat 26, 1948 pie works ie and instructed him to make available to the b ¥.B.I. his complete © concerning the Flamingo Hotel and to furnish whatever information an agent might ask. Lace hi to his office Se 22 at that time we expia: im our interest in the construction of the Flamingo Hotel. He said that he understood that the F.B.I. had some interest in this matter. When he was asked to produce the file in order that we . might review it, he said that he could not produce the file because the case was still pending, that there would probably be another hearing on this matter before the commissioner on September 5, 1946, and, therefore, hs ‘ aid not think that the F,B.I. should look at the file. We asked him what 5 io further action the C.P,A, planned to take, and he stated that he did not imow. He said that he is going to have a conference with the legal staff of the C.P.A. on August 19, 1946, and requested that we come back on August 20, 1946, when he would be in a better position to discuss the matter. We told him that we were interested only in the facts in controversy, and he stated that he did not know completely what those facts were, that ecessary to review the transcript of the hearing before that the case apparently would turn on rather technical points, would probably be necessary for his organization to secure technical help in working out their investigation. He said that at this point he was not certain that further investigation would be made or that the C.P.A. would do anymore about this case, but that he would be able to advise us concerning this on August 20. Upon our return to the cisco Office, Special Agent telephonically communicated with! od asked him for the ch was prepa transcript of the hearing before At this ‘inal that he did not think he shou rnis pe us bh the name of reporter and did not think that he should furnish ( us with the transcript inasmuch as their investigation was s ing. g asked whether or not he had gone into the matter =i hia: the C.P.A, who had handled the hearing, an sta briefly done so but that they had not completed the discussion and would not do so in time for us to meet with him at 4:00 Pem. August 19, it having been explained to him that agent OSTHOLTHOFF desired to catch a 5:00 otclock plane rather than wait over until the following day. On August 20, 1946, at 9 writer had another conferen time there was also present who handled the hearing on b and the at which =D,