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The File - July 238, L975 William L. Gardner . WLG:ljr Nenuty ChiaFf ve pul y Wilh L Criminal Section DJ 144-1-906 I had several conversations with of the Bombing Unit of the Bureau (Tel. 175-46 coucerning their memorandum of May 8, 1975. I explained t that the request seemed somewhat unusual to us because it was not handled as a Freedam of Information Act request and that it would appear ee ae a By rd to be as much a Bureau decision as anyone else's whether to divulge the contents.of the reports. I also stated that the underlying letterhead memorandum from Birmingham seemed to indicate that disclosure would jeopardize present Bureau sources, and that we were in no position to make a judgment on that ques-' tion. Accordingly, I called to seek their opinion as to what decision they expected on disclosure. GED checked with the SAC in Birminsham and informed me subsequently that the SAC felt the recuest by State Attorney General Baxley was not made in gocd faith and that they were not particularly enthusiastic about furnishing the information. f We agreed that Baxley hed been responded to by the SAC and teld that the reports would not be ferthccming and thet he should take the watter up with the Civil Rights Division. Bexley has not done so. We agr ced not to send a written res sponse but to file the request. We further agreed that if Baxley renewed his reruest either to us or to the Bureau we would authorize an oral briefing as to the contents of the statements, thus pre- serving any parts deemed to be confidential. ENCLOSURE wae