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Exec. 4D-Acm. Exec. abiny. OF | Office of the Atturnep General crm in Il ident. - ow Washington, F.C. 20530 inte er ° mab 6. 1980 Laboratory _ November ' ete teq2'Coun_ cise aa , ~ Plan & inep. ae i Rec Moat, va Tech. Servs, _ Tra:ning Off of Cang. & Putlic Atfs. MEMORANDUM FOR WILLIAM H. WEBSTER, bs ~o3ha~e Aim DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dee tee ~~ ~ During the past fifteen months, fifteen black children have ,- disappeared in Atlanta, Georgia. Eleven of those children have -~. been found dead, one most recently over the last weekend, While “ . iI am aware of the support already being provided Atlanta offi- cials by the Bureau in their attempt to solve these deaths and disappearances, I have concluded that a higher level of federal ‘involvement is now appropriate. More specifically, I am now authorizing and requesting that the Bureau initiate immediately a preliminary investigation, predicated on 18 U.S.c. 1201, to determine whether the four missing black children are being held in violation of the federal kidnapping law. In connection with that investigation, it is my expectation that the Bureau will, of necessity, be required to f examine the circumstances surrounding the disappearances of the 77. eleven children whose bodies have been recovered. You are Ve authorized to devote whatever resources you deem appropriate, ‘in addition to those presently assigned to this matter, to ensure that the investigation is conducted in an expeditious yet thorough fashion, FBI efforts in this regard should be designed, however, not to supplant or duplicate but rather to supplement and reinforce the local investigation. me ; a wo 0 A Bena@min R. Civiletti torney General af € ~~ ae 3 F/ 9 kyeyv-254980 ee eee ——ee . A