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ae en _ - ams oN - ‘ . x. To OO: Qu. . pare: Y/16/u7_— . be - E y - a “SUBJECT: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL ; . a MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING db he CENERAL CRIME SURVEY * y Y aaa th Miss ani THPORMATION a LED —— patk_Z/-3— Bt the Los Angeles Office has requested the continuance ces in operation at Las Vegas, Nevada, to cover the who is replacing Siegel during his absence. The b Balt Lake City previously requested the discontimance of the tech- nical surveillance at the Turf Club in les Vegas, Nevada, and the Bureau au- thorized this discontinuance in view of the unproductivity of the informants. ev On ber 1, 1946, a technical and microphone surveillance was installed at st Frontier Hotet; las Vegas, Nevada, covering the suite occupied by Siegel and Virgi: ll. Subsequently, the Los Angeles and Salt “ake City Divisions strongly recommended that a telephone surveillance be au- thorized on the Las Vegas Club in order to fully cover the activities of Siegel while in Las Vegas. In view of the strong recommendations of SACs Hood and Newman, authority was granted on December 11, 1916, for a technical surveillance covering long distance lines 1,2,3 and at the Las Vegas Club, las Vegas, Nevada. “ ‘The technical surveillances at Las Vegas : ‘lub be and the suite at the Last Frontier Hotel were operated] a Agents of the Los Angeles Office were assigned to handle opera’ °. Be technicals and at the present time are handling the technical surveillances. Recently information has been received that Siegel intends to depart from te at this time. He had previously ad- }2 vised! that he intended to go to New York around by January If, le: remain for approximately two weeks and then ? re go to Miami, Florida. On January 9, 1947, the Salt Lake City Field Division advised that the technical surveillance on the Las Vegas Turf Club was unproductive and Bureau authority was requested to discontinue this surveillance. At the same time, the Salt Lake City Division requested authority to place a technical surveillance . on two long distance lines at the Flamingo Hotel, which was’ dpenéd 64 the night of on) December 26, 1946. On January 10, 19h7, the Bureau authorised the discontinuance of the technical surveillance at the Las Vegas Club and requested thg,Sal4 Lake ~ y) City Office to furnish full details concerning the manner of ‘ep faninge at the. f,) Flamingo Hotel which would provide full security inasmuch as t: .) Hotel COPIES DESTROYED / was RECORDED _@ 44 NOV16 1964 & (2. Yh - FSF \ INDEXED rs ORS } . : Pe Ab By 90-1947 AK SOFEB 7 1947 ae