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ot ose wr we wa A MEMORANDUM FOR MR. A. E. OSTHOLTHOFF: Re: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL; MISCELLANEOUS, INFORMATION CONCERNING ~ CRIME SURVEY. At 11:20 pom, last night, August 26th, 1946, STEC MMR fc t Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, according ¢ 4, = They were talking when they entered the room, and had oe evident. been discussing building plans on the Flamingo Hotel. tated that he had gome to the Bank of America and the Occidental Insurance Company, both of Los Angeles, in an pe attempt to obtain a loan to assist in completing the Flamingo Hotel. He said that both places turned him dowm cold on his application for a loan. He said that the Bank of America had "checked" with the Metropolitan Life Insurance any and the Anglo-American Insurance Company, but that a i that "it will come in", He said nat he —_ of America because th went to Bank ows one of the pankers Sei cc: went ‘ ter, tron re ioe said that called ated that he a su a e "cold reception" he got at the ba ‘a aT called his friend at and aske: 7 lg was, The banker advised the a nt ni are hot" sked why, and the banker replie an investigation going on, later col oD again and said a 5 da visit a ay from t Bol, agents, that the ra Age and some other a, said that the Agents f he knowdiilifiMand when construction on the Flamingo — Hotel actually began, At this point, SIEGEL remarked, "Vell, there's a lot of heat on then." a: things. He said th knows and asked the Agents interested - the a —— he F,B,I, is trying to find out two claims that he told the Agents all he they do not go to see the People Ane aid that the F.RB I who is putting up the money for the hotel and where that m : i = fron SAT erly was that he does not know, according to \b 62-2f87_-/ So