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{ #p-3¢ (Kev. 12-13-56) O 4 y ¢ FRur Date: 9/18/63 Transmit the following in ————$_—__—__,_._ —_____.._| (Type in plain text or code) ee ee ee ee ee Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL | (Priority or Mathod af Mailing} }. ~5------------_ +--+ + eee boi ee ~- TO: Director, FBI (157-1025) FROM: SAC, Birmingham (157-352) (P) RE: SBA PBOMD (/ By teletype dated 9/18/63 the Bureau instructed that #211 continental offices be furnished facts of this case with the Fal iaewina ineatweaunti ana + tHe 2O2.08iL TE 42H UL ELV. The Bureau has initiated a full-scale investigation, which is being handled as a Special. All offices instructed to contact appropriate racial informants and/or sources. Any material submitted for dissemination should carry the full caption “UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; BOMBING OF 16TH STREET BAP- TIST CHURCH, 9/15/63, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, BOMBING MATTERS". Leads are to be handled expeditiously. f- Any pertinent information developed by any office should be immediately furnished to the Bureau by telephone or teletype, depending upon the information. For the information of all offices: At 10:19 a.m., on 9/15/63 there was an explosion, generally believed to have been caused by ten or more sticks of dynamite, at the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birminghan, . # @ - Bureau [o°pPu- CE 250 } ~ 2 - Each Continental Office —— 2 ~ Birminghan ‘ REC- 12 a SEP 21 196- Approved: Sent _____M Per —______-—_—— ‘Special Agent in Charge