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“Gwe Memorandy ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO 38: «WR, E, A, TAM pnrorstaT tol pare: 8/1/46 . , Mr. Tolson a. fad : wr. £. a. Tamm FROM ‘Ra. ROSEN Qt Call 12 Noon be Garey NAT once: BENJAMIN *BUGSY" - = a /- MISCELLANEOUS — INFORMATION CONCERNING Et tracy ‘ wr. son, 7 Mr. Egan Los Angeles Division, advised the we penn ge t Los Angeles is very friendly towards the | 9 &;,wim fam ua on shee confidential information, On July Wee cece —— 30; 1546 REIN ers 20 the Agents that he had obtained information — “1% oxy from a highly confidential source, whose identity he did not reveal, jJ> . that the construction of the Flamingo Hotel had not progressed much further than having the etakes driven in when the Civilian Production Administration issued the "freeze order" on the construction of buildings of this type. Fond ndicated bx 8 pe 1 | funds nade available to Senator Vv Ca the! the nature of a probably originating from 3 indicated that the oficial in charge of the construction division o ivilian Production Administration at Reno, Nevada, was involv ‘deal and tha Fécords of ——~ the W@laningo Hotel were falsified to show that the construction was farther along than it actually was. Thus enabling the CPA to authorize the completion of the construction. NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY: An editorial in the Las Vegas Tribune, a weekly news- paper, prominently placed on the first page of the issue dated August 1, 1946, complains of the fact that the Federal authorities are permitting the con. struction of the Flamingo Hotel while the veterans are homeless due to a ‘— shortage of building materials, The editorial comments on the fact nee t is difficult abate meri rn great financial means, such as 4 Y$iegel and Harry ne ona estivs _ eG - FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OF io ASSOCIATES: sxoopnpe | O72 i da the technical surveillances was to the effect that Ben janis Sie he and his associates have spent €1,162,500.00 to date on the ee Hotel and that Siegel is at the present time in rather P stra tend? financial Circumstances. | egel at. the present time ie endeaye : wae: Bin ee mm to obtain a $500,000 loan 80 endeavoring to obtain a $600,000 i sLon, the identity .< of which is being determined as it is icnown that Siegel ‘previously’ borrowed : $350,000 from the same corporation on a similar loen in connection \ construction of another hotel. "ey ce aera cine aS Sahm sn nea ui ettntne: epee ne