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Office Memorandum + owrrep states GOVERNMENT ~oge gy came To. : SAC ; - -DATR: August 20, 1946 HEREIN SUBJECT: EENJAMIN "BUGS" SIEGEL D - MISCELLANEQUSs INFORMATION CONCERNING ~~ On August 19, 1946, at 10 ams Special Agen a the writer interviews of 1 an Production ation, 1555 Market eet, o, California. We arise SD that we were interested in going over the files of the CPA in connection _ truction of the Flamingo Hotel at Las Vegas, Nevada. We advised bx eee we had information to the effect that there was possibly fraud agains 6 Government involved and that there was possibly perjury involved ‘ on the part of the individuals constructing the Flamingo Hotel. We aleo advised hin briefly of the beckground of the individuals concerned with the construction of the hotel. ; SF 2: that he was not intimately acquainted with the oase of the Flamingo Hotel % he had attended about 165 mimtes of the - hearing before Commissione. on August 13, 1946. He said he had only a general idea that the controversy revolved around whether there was being con= atructed one building or several buildings, but he was not in a position to g° into the technical aspect a5 tte) this is in the possession of on boc Lor the region ¢ mo was responsible directly to De Co In other word 3 even xplained for Region Ho. ) territory; Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. videnced a great willingness to coopera and during the course of our conference with him he c wi ’ Gharge of the Reno office and works unde make available to the FBI hia complete file conce . to furnish whatever information an agent might ask. GE 1102 20 nic orice SE. et that time we explained to him our interest in the construction of the Flamingo Hotel. bx He said that he understood thet the FBI had some interest in this matter. When he was asked to produce the file in order that we night review it, he said that he could not produce the file because the case was still pending, that there would probably be another hearing on this matter before the commissioner on September 5, 1046, and, therefore, he did not think that the PBI shquld look at the file. We asked him what further action the CPA planned to take, and hs atated that he did not know. He said that he is going to have a conferens with the legal staff of the CPA on August 19, 1946, and requefted back on August 20, 1946, when he would be in a better positiog® Flamingo Hotel and om cite enema nett ence mam ms mee