Can the entire indictment be read to the jury during the government's opening statement?

In United States v. Kim, 577 F.2d 473, 484 (9th Cir.1978), the defendants claimed it was prejudicial error to read to the jury the entire indictment involving eighteen persons because only eight of them were jointly tried before the jury. We held that it was not an abuse of discretion for the entire indictment to be read to the jury during the government's opening statement. The defendants did not object to the reading of the indictment. Moreover, the court instructed the jury that the indictment did not constitute evidence for consideration in their deliberations. Id.