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—. C.. u . Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT To 2 BAC DATE: August 20, 1946 FROM ; SA A. E, OSTHOLTHOFF ALL INTOIRUATION a SEAOARD Fone 9, 61 seh mdash oe SUBJECT: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL D. MISCELLANEOUS; INFORMATION CONCERNING ~ an Production etion, 1365 Market > o> ornias = ‘that we were interested in going over the files of the CPA in connection truction of the Flamingo Hotel at Las Vegas, Nevada. We advised bx ‘t we had information to the effect that there was possibly fraud ne 6 Government involved and that there was possibly perjury involved ‘ on the part of the individuals constructing the Flamingo Hotel. We aleo advised bah intel of the background of the individuals concerned with the construction of the hotel. hea sreinrnp. cE that he was not intimately acquainted with the oase of the Flemingo Hotel + he had attended about 15 mimtes of the - hearing before Commissione: on August 13, 1946. He said he had only a general idea that the controversy revolved around whether there was being con- atructed one building or several buildings, but he was not in a position to go into the technical aspects of the » ? E id the en o file on boc this is in the possession of no was responsible De Co even ned for Region No. 9 which cover ‘0. territory: da, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. videnced a great willingness to coopera’ and during the course our conference with him he o oa: wi Oo was in " charge of the Reno office and works unde: make available to the FBI hia complete file cance: to furnish whatever information an agent might aske Gs....: to his orice ED. at that tine we explained him our interest in the construction of the Flamingo Hotel. bx He said that he understood thet the FBI had some interest in thie 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 cammissioner on September 5, 1946, and, therefore, he did not think that the FAI shquld look at the file. We asked him what further action the CPA planned to teke, and he atated that he did not know. He seid that he is going to have a faren with the legal staff of the CPA on August 19, 1946, and req pted tig back on August 20, 1948, when he would be in a better positio < carte Flamingo Hotel end