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Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt Re; BAPBOMB 157-1025 Birmingham was requested to advise as to whether or not a separate investigation was conducted regarding the beating of the Freedom Riders. If not, Mayor Vann was to be so advised. If active ivestigation had been conducted, Birmingham was requested to identify case and furnish recom- mendations regarding furnishing any results of that investi- gation to Mayor Vann. Birmingham has advised active investigation regarding the beating incident was conducted jointly with the investigation of the burning of a Greyhound bus, carrying Freedom Riders, at Anniston, Alabama, which occurred on the same date as the beating incident. SAC, Birmingham, recommended that Mayor Vann be advised that while free access to FBI files cannot be granted, | the FBI is agreeable to discuss the Trailways Bus Depot investi- ' gation in depth with knowledgeable official of the Birmingham Police Department (BPD) to assure that the BPD has all pertinent information available to the FBI regarding the incident. Intelligence Division concurs with that recommendation. ACTION: Attached for approval is a teletype to SAC, Birmingham, | instructing him to respond to the request of Mayor Vann in the matter recommended by him. é af r 4y 7 pyes uno ,