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Los Angeles, California September 4, 1946 Re: BENJAMIN “BUGS” SIEGEL MISCELLANEOUS$ INFORMATION CONCERNING; CRIME SURVEY lof the Bureau telephoned me at 7:20 asm (September 3, 1946) and stated that the Director is interested in the possible perjury onnection with the C.P.A, hearing bre at San Francisco. stated that the Bureau wanted to know who testified before Onin ich parts of the testimony I considered perjured. I told hat I at my hotel and that 7 had this material at the office, ‘equested that I call him from the office. At 8:50 a.m. Bureau ered Gl. the absence o end tol he @xemined © the transcript of the hearing before the C,P.A. Commigsioner at San Francisco and noted that the witnesses were not sworn, but were warned by the Commissioner thst they must testify truthfully, otherwise they would violate the law and also told them that they did not have to testify it that anything they might say would incriminate themselves. welled... what code section the commissioner referred to and I told bie . hat the commissioner did not state the code section, but I assume that he referred to Section 80 of Title 18, U.S. Code. I then advised that the foll g ind 5 g ed 5 S the report of Special Agenq San Francisco, August 26, 1946, wherein there is 86 overheard by the agents in a room at the St. Francis Hotel aft be joner was « I pointed out uestion as to whe conmit perjury before the C.P.A. Commissioner an f the warning given by the Commissioner and it wa: opinion that even though they had not been sworn they wou. guilty of perjury. I 0 SE st the facts in the matter briefly are these. There is being constructed at Las Vegas a casino and restaurant. Separated pre from this building by 120 feet of open space a hotel building is being constructed. On March 26, 1946 the C.P.A. issued an order stopping the construction of all commercial building unless it had been s —a web : va wera . ti SEP <5 1946 OF EI AEE