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Memorandum for the Attorney General I do not believe that even within the Department the situation is fully understood. A week ago & newspaper reporter was furnished by, — the Department with the report concerning the forty-six bombings and the fact that the FBI had solved none. It was not pointed out to that : ao reporter that the FBI had been authorized to investigate only five of the. forty-six bombings so, as the article was written, it very improperly - gave the impression that the FBI was dragging its heels in n actively : investigating the bombings in Alabama. ; Respectfully, John Edgar Hoover Director SENT FROM D. TIME ‘= ¢ | pare =~ 6 BY 1 - Miss HOLMES