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Los Angeles, California g57, 1nPoRtnty September 10, 1916 MEMO., SAC: RE: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL, w.as. MISC.; INFO. CONC.; CRIME SURVEY At 8:0 A.M. today (September 5, 1915), I spoke wit et the Bureau in the absence of Assistant Director ROSEN. I told § a] Agent jf the San Francisco office had inter- + San Francisco yesterday (September 4, 196) afternoon; je did not feel that he oould place the witness under bx @ C.P.A. hearing on September 5, 1916 since ordinarily witnesses are not placed under oath unless the attorneys request it. He said that it would be particularly unusual in the present oase since this is a continuation of the hearing of Ai at which time » I tol es were not pla “ at we could as! nesses placed under oath, bu’ ja. ry . we should not do this. to have the also advise rom Los Angeles to ‘ancisco by Pp. 3 ast night and were ° 6 Hotel at San Franoisoo, J also advised him that br was also at the Saint Francis Hotel. I advised on @ mix-up on the hotel reservations at the Saint be we wore not able to place the subjects under microphone surveillance ~ os bee oe is ho abou ooks from the . - headquarters in San Francisao; that he had been in San Franoisco ell bx sayyesterday (September 4, 1915) and therefore there had p re) not bi any opportunity for SIEGEL to get in touch with him. I tol t the San Francisco office would maintain a disoreet surveillanc At 9:00 A.M., September 5, 1916, I spoke with SAC KIMBALL at the San Franc and told him that the Bureau did not desire that we get in bX touch wi 2 order to request him to place the witmesses under oath in today's fore the C.P.A.