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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 12

110 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jan 17, 1964 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 107 pages OCR'd
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OPTION Fok MO. 10 a ce . - . Tolson UNITED STATES Gt —R} :NT 1 Belmont ™~ - i Mohr Casper — éemoranadum Callan Conrad DeLoach Evans To : Mr, Mi pate: February 6, 1964 Gale Rosen Sulliven - < Tavel J a Trotter FROM : A. rose Tele. Bi Holme gy Vere susyect: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 pe BOMBING MATTERS > (AP Be? 7) (OO I called SAC Faisst and stated that in reviewing his teletype February 5, 1964, it appeared that the use of the word prosecutive summary was improper inasmuch as we have no case which is prosecutable at this time, It was pointed out that the Birmingham wire specifically states that we have no Federal violation; consequently, the use of the word prosecutive summary would be improper, Faisst indicated that he would, therefore, call this an investigative summary and his correspondence will reflect that. = It was indicated that it appeared that if U. S. Attorney Weaver was such a good friend of the FBI office Faisst could talk with him about getting an opinion to him on February 7 rather than today, It was indicated that I did not think we ought to be pushed to the point where this situation could not be given proper consideration. He said he would call Weaver and, unless we heard from him to the contrary, we could assume that Weaver will go along. He felt that Weaver would be amenable to this suggestion, I inquired as to whether we had turned anything over to the United States Attorney or to the State in the nature of a report concerning this matter, He stated that we had not. We had, of course, furnished information of interest to the State periodically, I indicated that I was familiar with this and that such information as was given to the State was on a liaison basis which was perfectly satisfactory and that we should continue to furnish the State information which they need to know. our REC: 16 [ST 7 10 25 5~F 5 ps4 He indicated that Pinson of the Grand Jury is a brother of the e County Commissioner and apparently is a reliable individual, 3 pos I discussed the type of information which I thought should be furnished to the Grand Jury. I indicated that I did not think it desirable at all to name names, dates, or places or to indicate who our suspects were, It was indicated ayeeb ree 1 41964 ee
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