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at ' . SUBJECT: BENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL : , ; MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING atL rwPORMATION GDA TO v HR ees 9 7 — Dale OB the los Angeles Office has requested the continuance ces in operation at Las Vegas, Nevada, to cover the who is replacing Siegel during his absence. The pe Sait lake City previously requested the discontinuance of the tech- — nical surveillance at the Turf Club in las Vegas, Nevada, and the Bureau au- thorized this discontinuance in wiew of the unproductivity of the informants. BACKGROUND | Gl. RG the fast Pr 1, 1946, a technical and microphone surveillance was installed at st Frontier Hotet; las Vegas, Nevada, covering the mite occupied by Siegel and Virgi ll. Subsequently, “the Los Angeles and Salt ‘lake City Divisions strongly recommended that a telephone surveillance be au- thorized on the Las Vegas Club in order to fully cover the activities of Siegel while in Las Vegas. In view of the strong recommendations of SACs Hood and Newman, authority was granted on December 11, 1916, for a technical surveillance covering long distance lines 1,2,3 and at the Las Vegas Club, las Vegas, Nevada. = ‘The technical surveillances at Las Vegas ; Club be oF! and the suite at the Last Frontier Hotel were operated ce se Agents of the Los Angeles Office were assigned to handle opera "Oo Be technicals and at the present time are handling the technical surveillances. Recently information has been received that Siegel intends to depart fron te at this time. He had previously ad- }) vised that be intended to go to New York around bre January II, » Where remain for approximately two weeks and then go to Miami, Florida. On January 9, 1947, the Salt Lake City Field Division advised that the technical surveillance on the Las Vegas Turf Club was unproductive and Bureau authority was requested to discontinue this surveillance. At the sane time, the Salt Lake City Division requested authority to place a technical surveillance on two long distance lines at the Flamingo Hotel, which was’ dpenda 68 ‘the night of December 26, 1946, On January 10, 19h7, the Burean anthorized the discontinuance Saree Se of the technical surveillance at the Las Vegas Club and requested Saute Lake + ch) City Office to furnish full details concerning the manner of ins tion at the Flamingo Hotel which would provide full security inasmuch as t. o Hotel Was COPIES DESTROYED RECORDED , 44 NOV 16 1964 s ioe = Ee B5¢ \ INDEXED r* , i af Du Bec. "oa7 \ SOFEB 7 1947 ae |