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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 32

107 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Apr 17, 1964 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 107 pages OCR'd
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Letter to Birmingham Re: Racial Bombing Viatters minzham Division Man “action” sroup. The solution of one of these other vombings might o¢ just the lever we need to solve the church tombing. You are also instructed to re- institute the practice of suomitting a daily teletype on the Saptist Church bombing and a weeicly airtel summary on each of the other bomvings. You are oeing authorized to utilize a Relief Supervisor fiity sercent of his time on your ces in order that you may devote at ‘east fifty »ercent of your supervisory time to these major cases. This should sive sufticient time to enable you to provide the necessary imaginative, vizorous and ingenious approach which is imperative if we are to solve these cases. The 3ureau cesires that you assien eight Asents of your office to the bombing cases and they are not to be used on other assisnments except on emersencies and then only with Sureau aperoval. if you need additional manpower upon the successful installation of the aforementioned microphones, you should further communicate with the Sureau. in order to facilitate and intensify your coverage at odd hours and on weexends, you are authorized to have Agents wor: odd-nour shifts and acjusted wors weeks as needed. You should be sure Agents wor: at least five days between Sunday and Saturday of each weex. In order to facilitate surveillances on Slansmen, which must be discreet, you are authorized to rent automobiles from appropriate rental agencies. You are being furnished four portable two-way radios for communications purposes in these rented cars. hoe De The Sureau realizes that you have recently developed some very s00d S92 inforimation fro you should continue to fulyy exploit this source. However, it is not felt that you aave suificient live infor:.ant coverage on the "action" group at the ZSastview and Bessemer “laverns. Maximum efforts must de made to increase this coverage, and you should immediately taxe the necessary steps to wor’ other individuals into a position where they can furnish information on the activities tizgat
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