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. ” genota yom No. 10 { j "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum Belmont —___ Y Mobr ——____ Casper Callah oa eLoach 4 Evans - To Mr. Belmont DATE: 9=2]~63 (ee : a Sullivan Trotte FROM A. Rosen . hte ee Tele. Room re ni , Gandy fo pee TO, SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH eo. STREET BAPTIST CHURCH | O BIRWINGHAM, ALABAMA Ber: | - SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 ep ONY BOMBING MATTERS - Our investigation of the bombing ofthe Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, on 9-15-63, is being pressed vigorously by the special squad of Agents who were rushed to Birmingham as well as by our other Divisions, Interviews of known Klan and hate group members and bombing’ “suspects are continuing on a preferred basis and approximately j3ie such, interviews of Klansmen and members of hate organizations, including officers of such groups, were conducted 9-20-63. With respect to the activities o a | Birminghan Klansman, who on the day of the d the seat covers in his car, removing a set of covers with an orangp substance thought possibly to be residue from a safety fuse (wax-like), the Laboratory has determined the stain consisted of enamel chips rather than wax, The wires from windows, wood from window frame, drapery fragments and metal frame from window, scrapings from window sill obtained at the scene of the bombing were examined by the Laboratory but the examination disclosed no foreign residues or fragments pertinent to the investigation. ee ee ee ee ees Twenty-nine additional individ neighborhood of the Sixteenth Street Bap t d on the basis of which a as located as a possible witness. -z od 3% eg - _ oe hiohr ; Conrad — aa DeLodch } ; Evans .: Sullivan 7s