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| information: | San Francisco File $62-2812 ‘At 8:55 AM, September 12, 1946 subject arrived at Mills Fieid, South San Francis a W r d pre by P ng at the St. Francis Hotel at 9:45 AM. Shortly thereafte ‘Subject checked into scoured a room at the Hotel » arriy Mid 40]. otewarte At 10:30 4M, the followinz were-present in subject's room oinved out to the 4 ers wae e gontention oa 3 n & he hotel is in reality composed of three separate buildings, the back, front, and comter. } All present thereupon apparently bezog to ggamine the pans of the hotel and + one of the architects, believed to b pointed out that tho founda- tions of the buildings will ct-join. He indicated that the door of the one | building was located &t one point; immodiately adjacont thereto was loonted an arch from this section of the building to an adjginine section, tho wall continuing to an cpen passage which is roofed, To nest to whethor there was any comnection from this wal] of the building, answered in the affirmative, To this (ERE soctorcs "that makes the con- noetion~-that's important--that hasnit been brought up a8 yot". At this eed Aen estit o ~ A Fw AF peint an unidentified individual, possibly subject, stated "tell thom that . this building, right hore and right here (appar eferring to map), arc | joined", One of the architects, believed to be pointed out that it is "requiro’ engineering” to have a slip-joint but no physical connection. He then pointed out that "we have maintayned a 15 foot passage through hero. ‘This lattice construction is joined with conercte. This point here where the roof comes down is an orjinary enineerin; factor. Insteai of leaving dowels here we'll] comjoin it". He then (apparently discussing a fonture of the plans), state: that this is a necessity requiring this as on integral part of the whole structurs--even if you ¢id not put up buildings you would have to build ao wall. They then diseusse2? the building of a shicld wall or wind break moking the hotel property an encloseji sren marking it off from the desort. Following this the architectural features of several Rotels, , ., inclutins the Desort Inn at Palm Springs, a finn the inc ni the El Ran were discussed pr gonorally. Ome of the persons present asked & tc whether thero wes a connecticn by o foundation and an archway over the door stod-_) lishing that this was one contimucus structure--sort of aon orcad. Si replici that there were lnaternl wnoll canneetiongs. One of the attorneve satel SCnO Cee Lons SO A p -]7-