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Los Angeles, California October 16, 1946 MEMO, SAC; Re: BENJAMIN "BUGS" STBGEL MISCELLANEOUS; INFORMATION CONCERNING: _ CRIME SURVEY 4 | be Whe Onlinwing toh - ; ereuae at ee ee THe Toilowing information was made available rent ee “ with reference to the purchase of the Chi-Chi Bar Restaurant at Cata Taland. wa Oetober nee 146 heard of a spot that v3 - am mt T est bar and cocktail room Catalina. He informed er] or Bhat + was the Chi-Chi pan g to whether this C) _ an interes aa th was Bupposed to @ had an interest in it, at a friend owns it and he has no one to take care of the business. Further, was supposed to take care of it; how e only went over there once or twice. The owner, according aie. & great deal of outside interest, and tried to place a brother In the business who did not fit into it. Regardless of this the proposition made money for bis friend. g = = ¥ —a-m £29 OAM .— 3 a The friend desires to sell the Chi-Chi for guv yu ana related that his frie id $52,000 for the place and had spen 18,500 fixing it up. described the place as being "a h of a buy”. He related tha iness was good for $30,000 or $40,000 for the BODe stated he wanted to get a report siness and said he would got a report by the next night. was to leave t thellth; however, he stated he would ca tions. Chelly 20:20: him that he would have called n Chicago and had him come out and look at it ag it was a natural proposition and Catalina was a “ball of fire”, and did not know the Place and wante hin. Shortly afte talked ae. contacted one Sy at the Savoy Restaurant, which is believe a Savoy locate ° ec at 314 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills. stated his price ; for the Chi-Chi was $60,000 and that he had jus five year pie lease that day, which would be signed on conta MM cor him he had a party interested in buying the chi ; wanted to know jion some of the details as to the business. ess O65 1d that the léas for the first two years would be $7,500 per year ag 4 46 & and 8 stated for the remaining three years $8,500 against B% gro LOS AN. BIC | ROUTED TC: ioe, HA ny or- #837- Py 7 8 had never been to Cataline o get the details and call ceed pap ocagpats tice Ae te neler fn A AA MA