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Oeer Mr. Hoover: Thanks so much for the memo on Buggsy Siegel. In the course of my research I have come across two ftems tn which you were involved, and I would be grateful if you can tell me whether they are true. | The second Item, tn September 1947, quotes @ Speech you made to the National Police Aca- demy, In which you referred to Sfegel as "scum", and said such people could not exist if they were not glamorized. It ts true, of course, that Siegel would not have been what he was without tie help of such prominent Hollywood names as George Raft, Cary Grant, Dorothy DiFrasso, Gary Cooper and many others. [Even Raft admitted as much to me. 7M . pr ane e Thank you very much, Sin el] . bx Mr. J, Edgar Hocver Oirector, Federai Bureau of Investigation Washington 0.C,