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aa * \ Memorandum to Mr, "Belmont RE: UNSUBS; BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH In connection with our investigation to locate a Rambler automobile with license tag beginning with 1A7 or aes 1B7 allegedly seen by near the scene of the - bombing shortly after its occurrence, the Birmingham Office has located and eliminated 17 such cars, Since other witnesses in the area of the church at the time of the explosion have advised that they s o such car, there is some doubt as to the veracity of information, and he is being reinter- viewed today in this regard, The Birmingham Office is continuing to check into the possibility of members of the Nation of Islam (NOI) being | invoivea in view of that organization's advocacy of the separation of the races and its qposition to integration, Members of the Birmingham mosque of NOI, which is located across the street from victim church, are being located for interview and their whereabouts during the pertinent period checked out. The Birmingham Office and auxiliary offices are completing as rapidly as possible interviews of known Klan and hate group members and are appropriately checking out the contact by Bureau Agents on questions or account for his Lt fe . whereabouts at the time of the bombing. That phase Sethe (| investigation concerning the possible invoivement of t iy oe members of his gang is continuing to be pressed, oe ti oo arr : ete ae .