◆ SpookStack

FD-202 (Rev. 1-35-64) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1 Date 10/1/63 _ ASA EARL CARTER, Box 330, Route 9, Oxford, Alabama, voluntarily Purmiehod tha Pollnwine infonrmatioan toa Sneaerial hae id i ON Agents F,' d after they had ident . 8 e Federal Bureau of Investigation. CARTER was informed that he did not have to answer any questions and that any information he did furnish could be used against him in a court of law. He was further informed of his right to consult with an attorney. He was not threatened in any manner or promised anything to cause him to furnish any information. CARTER stated he is a firm believer in the state's right theory and an advocate of segregation, as well as an admirer and backer of Governor WALLACE, whom he described as being the hope of the South and in fact the nation. CARTER stated he is active as a professional writer for Governor WALLACE and concurs wholeheartedly in his policies and actions. CARTER stated that both he and Governor WALLACE deplored the acts of violence committed in Birmingham and elsewhere because it has been damaging to both Governor WALLACE's prestige and the overall cause of the segrega- tion movement. He stated Governor WALIAGE has pledged $5,000 of his personal funds toward the reward fund being offered for the identification of the person or persons responsible for the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church at Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963. CARTER stated that while he has refused to cooperate with the FBI in past investigations, that under the present circumstances he will cooperate fully in the FBI investigation in an effort to solve the vicious and inhuman bombings. He stated this also is the attitude of Govemnor WALLACE, CARTER related that he is well acquainted with pro-segregationists residing in the Oxford - Anniston area, including KENNETH L. ADAMS and his associates. He stated he knows ADAMS as a bully, but feels certain he had nothing to do with the Birmingham bombings, and that any action On ___ 9/23/63 ot ___ Oxford, Alabama ._—sFile # a 157-362 SA ms Ars Date dictated __ 9/24/63 ty __SA DY - Thia document contains ‘neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI -and is loaned te your agency; it and ite contents are not io be distributed outelide your agency. / 7 £40. a ne eet en ee ee ee re oe