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2 0 OFTIOMAL TOnm HO. 10 3010— 106 a eka TEED EDITION : \ Gia GEN. a8G. HO. 27 ~~ a UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum To : Mr, Belmont FROM : A, nose SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 - BOMBING MATTER BACKGROUND OF CASE: 2 Copies mad for review by Row é Fak for a ho: Date als cy OQ Css +P Casper ____»>— Callahan ———_— Conrad Evans Gale} Sullivan Tavel 4 Trotter paTE: December 8, 1964 1 - Mr. Mohr Tele. Rod — 1 - Mr, Callahan Gandy Hl 1 - Mr, Sullivan 1 - Mr, Belmont J - Mr. Rosen. - 1- 1- Mr ma: Cf A? Oy A SN Midmorning Sunday, September 15, 1963, an explosion y rocked the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church which had been the scene of a number of racial demonstrations in preceeding months. In a addition to the injuries, four young Negro females were killed, nr The force of the blast was such that no identifying physical evidence —. a \ remained which could be used by our Laboratory experts to reconstruct - the exact explosive device employed. Vr 8 9~Iogre JOSk DIRECTION OF INVESTIGATION: EC VW Se —— ee In the absence of physical evidenée, "our davedtigation o qc has been directed to gathering of oral testimony.which_mighiderm a \5 basis for prosecution, Intensive investigation early focussed our 7 9DEC2 21968 | attention to Klansmen and we were thaicertain we were on the right track, However, the publicity-seeking action of the Alabama Highway X ; Patrol (AHP), acting on no other basis than the knowledge we were va J JiA CONTINUED - Over .