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4 H i 3 Tos Angeles, California August 22, 1946 MEMO, SAC: Re: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL MISCELLANEOUS; INFORMATION CONCERNING; CRIME SURVEY Whi at the San Francisco Office on August 20, 1946, I called Mr. ROSEW at ¢ 0 f the C.P.A., San Francisco, and tha formally refused to make available to me the files of the C.P.A., that he would not discuss the facts surrounding the construction of the Flamingo Hotel, and would not advise me of the name of the reporter who was preparing the transcript of the hearing before Commissione I told wr. R N that I had exhausted all possible arguments wi and <a stated that he would not turn over any information to the F.B.I, unless he was ordered to do so by his superiors in Washington. >t Mr. ROSEN asked me if I thought that the Department could instruct the b 3.8. attorney at San Francisco to secure the files from C.P.A. and I told Mr. ROSEN that I did not believe that the U.S. Attorney at Sen Francisco would have any better chance than I had of getting the information from the C.P.A., that soperen: lil quite bullheaded and that the only way we can get the information is to have C.P.A, Officials in Wash- ington instruo to turn the files over to us. Mr. ROSEN agreed that there was nothing further I could do and I asked him if he felt that we should proceed with our investigation, 1 pointed out to him that we could go ahead with the investigation as we had originally planned, although the investigation would be hammed somewhat for not having all the information the C.P.A, has. Mr. ROSEN asked how we would justify our investigation to the public in Las Vegas and Ios Angeles, and I told him that I did not believe the public would question this investigation. He said that perhaps the individuals we interviewed would question our authority to investigate this matter and would state that apparently this ie a C.P.A, matter. 2 told him that we could then explain that the C.P.A. does have jurisdiction to investigate this matter from an administrative standpoint and that the F.B.I. was investigating the matter to determine whether there was a Fraud Against the Government in submitting false information to a Government official. Mr. ROSEN asked what I planned to do tomorrow in the investigation bx and I said that we had planned to first intervie LZAc KBs TQ /Z DFR ar eave Nee AUG 21 1946 LOS ANGBLES, CALIF, WOUTED TO