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- - Sederal Rarean of Ihwestigattoaw States Department of Justice 510 South Spring Street, Room 900 PLEASE REFER los Angeles 13, California ven 62-2837 7° September 15, me : Wy co : Director ¥ Federal Bureau of Investigation ° 5 U. S. Department of Justice DECLASS TE LED piel Ags Mein, eet . a. OR — he “ . ’ wees S Washington, D.C. q 2 ee" | ee lb RE ha r "7 iw : o / vi RACKETERRING ACTIVITIES LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION 4 eered information concerning the slaying of BKENJAMIN "BUGSY* bo who was slain at approximately 10:45-p.m., June 20, 1947 é aan at ct Tne = A 810 North linden Drive, Beverly Hills, California, ; e This information, together with this officets attempt to verify the seme, is set out as followa: MOTIVE FOR TEE KILLING oF MOTIVE FOR TEE IALLING OF SIEGEL: 7 ei, ; 4 * When STRGED Ue Mealirornia in 1937, he was authorized by the Syndic . to organize the State fordt mand act aa a front man for their various Syndicate -7- interests. However, he was strictly forbidden from "miscling in® or a on motion picture industry because + Syndicate’ already had it "set UPD | violated his =» * mer biles mero rg the tine righty t Saar ed > I ena pen CAEL SPER UL - TECEL was-not kil 11 vec dike helwas nixed. uy. in . n << horse-raceé ; because he of a Tar lRéat with VIRGINIA Aves ; bx ‘ss or because he omed the Syndicate money which he borrowed to operate the Flamingo “: s Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, He wes killed because he pedl gained @ foothold ia the | ee es BED SST Ge, ce corms DESTROYFD y bof vd ay: NOV 20 1964 2rc Ite