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. — ~~ OPTIONAL FOtm NO. 10 f rj 3010-106 M4 1962 EDITION c : GSa GEN. EG. WO. 27 Toison UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT son Casper Memorandum = Conrad ‘ DeLoach ; Evans Gale DATE: September 15, 1963 &:5"- ; Tavel “Acees Made by cy te Room — for revicw by Rowe Task Foréa Gendt Date tty iP SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT | BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA _ ™ ~BEPTEMEER 13, 1963 BOMBING MATTERS b7¢ At 12:40 P,M,, Eastern Daylight Savings Time, Special Agent in Charge Raymond Faisst_ of ngham Office telephonically advised §. Extra Duty Supervisor, that the Sixteen ptist Church, Sixteenth ee Street and Sixth Avenue, South, Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed at 10:25 A.M., Central Standard Time, The rear end of the church was badly damaged and several persons injured, Faisst stated he was on the way to the scene of the bombing with Agents of the. Birmingham Office, At 1:45 P,M., Eastern Daylight Savings Time, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Robert Jensen, Birmingham, advised the SAC and Agents of the Birmingham Office were at the scene of the bombing conducting investigation, They had determined from Fire Marshal Rosenfeld that he estimated ten sticks of 40 per cent dynamite had been dropped on the road surface near the church and ignited with a fuse-type igniter, He stated damage to the church was extensive, probably as much as $20,000 to $30,000, Investigation is being coordinated with the Birmingham Police Department and Lieutenant House of the Birmingham Police Department is at the hospital attempting to identify the dead and injured. oa Jensen advised it had just been reported to him that a Negro woman had observed the bombing of the church and described the car as a 1957 or 1958 blue & he ance iste nished was registe Birmingham, for a at angle. * nm at} re my 2 Aye . 20 Sh fT ACTION a WSS 7- 122 = | be 2] Appropriate Bureau officinalis and Mr, Lou Kaudex of; the Civil Rights Division of the Departmen geen” * He called back at 2:30 P.M, an had been__— , eliminated as a suspect, 4 . It Poon ~~ F Ee os ANT : Ne be Ae, SER UTS vos Oy =- Mr, DeLoac ard yg oe dA