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MEMO,, SAC: 8/23/46 RE: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL, wens. WE: 00808 it was the only good rem did make,when the latter said that if joining buildings by air conditioning apparatus and power ducts poe constituted their becoming one unit that a person could conceivably build connecting buildings all the way from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. ‘The defense immediately abandoned this point when! made the above observation. The defense then went to their seoond point that the construction bre already completed provideu for the connection of the various buildings of 7 the Flamingo Hotel into one unit. In this connectio: phatioally state a that the physioal facts did not substantiate the contention of the defense. n disoussing the investigation conduoted by his office in Las be Veg: stated that affidavits from the union controlling the steel a workers a t point showed that no such labor had been employed on the Flamingo job witil after April 6, 1946 which was subsequent to the freeze date. Also, the records of the Pre-Mex Concrete Company allegedly were of importance mee that certain work had not been done on the hotel prior to March 26, 19L6. In discussing the blue prints on the project EMD pointed out that "they have their own blue printing machines and oan print them up by the hundreds or change them as often as they want to” and this situation materially jo affected. igation as far as the plans themselves were concerned, a ove ver A that he originally had in his possession the plans signed by architect in his own writing that there was no connection between the buildings. ‘this exhibit is presently in San Franocisoo and does not have a oopy or photograph of this. In this connection he also stated that the pertinent exhibits as well as pertinent information concerning their investiga tio: incorporated in the original report which was sent t C.P.A, office in San Francisco and that the files P ng be held in San Franoisco on the theory that the freeze might be made to stiok. With regard to examining his records tated that as faras jc he was personally concerned he had no objection to examination and was only too glad to cooperate to the fullest extent with the FBI, but that due to organizational procedures already established it would be necessary for him to secure authorization from his headquarters in San Francisco, - In view of the fact tre QP cic not secure approval on the day poe of the inquiry and the fact that it was subsequently learned a deoision with regard to permitting the examination of records would not be reached until