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\ \ ire’, 10-29-63) - a 1 a a : ‘ ~ . as { I | I i FBI | Date: 1/12/65 j I Transmit the following in {Type in plain text or code) Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL —~ REGISTERED | (OO: Birmingham) Re Birmingham teletype to Director and Indianapolis 1/4/65; Indianapolis teletype to Birmingham, -_, and Birmingham teletype to Director, 1/7/65. os For background information of Indianapolis, the ap” | ey Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, which had been oy utilized during the Spring and Summer of 1963 as the focal point, more or less, gathering place and headquarters for various Negro organizations participating in the extensive and widely publicized Civil Rights demonstrations, was severely damaged by an explosion during the morning of 8/15/63. Four young Negro giris were killed as a4 result and many others injured. The ensuing investigation, which has been conducted as a Major Case Special, has developed information indicating, in substance, as follows: The bombing v was planned and i perpetrated by a group of“ individuals known aw K wert (3). Bureau (AM - RM} ¥~ 2 - Indianapolis (157-93) AM-RM 3 = Birmingham (2 —~ 157-352) Q = 157-385) Approved: ” 4 i. t Special Agent in Charge