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a " Memorandum to Mr, Belmont RE: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH | | ur. Weaver stated he has discussed this matter with Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach whose opinion was that | situations of this type would usually be handled in Federal court, <Aithough Mr, Weaver originally felt strongly that there might be some adverse publicity if the charges against the Agents were not disposed of in state court because of the incidents at Selma, Alabama, in which the Department refused to make Departmental attorneys available in state court, he now feels that since the assassination of President Kennedy there has been a change in the attitude of many people and as a consequence feels it would be possible to transfer this action to the Federal court without incurring adverse publicity. Accordingly, Mr, Weaver plans to take action to have the matter transferred to Federal court in the next few days. ips The concentrated endeavor to "turn" other associates . of the prime suspects in this case to develop them as informants continued on November 29, 1963, through the interview of additional members of the Eastview and Bessemer Klaverns in the Birmingham area, ACTION: You will be kept advised of developments, =a 2 =