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OPTIONS FOAM NO. 10 woe 3010-166 UNITED STATES GOV ERNMENT ~J Actoe OW ep. A. Memorandum 1 - N. P. Callahan paneromuias 1- . + 4 Mr. W. R. Wannall we" - DATE: 2/20 : 1 - .FRO ae af sy ‘s) ~ 2 Es Training 1 Telephone Re. : Director Sec'y __ BAPBOMB is the code word for case involving the oie see of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, Purpose of this memorandum is to obtain approval of teletype to SAC, Birmingham, furnishing instructions as to his response to request of Mayor David Vann, Birmingham, for reviey of FBI files. ‘ { My memorandum 2/5/76 (copy, with copy of its attachment‘, attached for ready reference) advised of receipt of a second request from Mayor Vann for a review of FBI files. It also refers to the receipt of, and disposition of, the earlier initial re guest of Mayor Vann for a review of opp fttes. [oT bg s~ /) a Mayor Vann ‘g(s'ne wel 1 was for review of files of our Birmingham Off¥ce regarding twelve named bombing incidents which occurred in Birmingham during the period 1956-1965. Above memorandum 2/5/76 attached for approval a ietter to the Civil Rights Division (CRD) advising of the receipt of Mayor Vann's second request and seeking the Department's concurrence in a proposed response, to Vann. That proposed response was to the effect that we had conducted no investigation regarding seven of the incidents. It also proposed that he be advised that as to the remaining five incidents, we had conducted investigations, but that those investigations were conducted in varying degrees in conjunctior with investigation of captioned case, that we are presently furnishing information regarding captioned case to Alabama Attorney General (AG) Baxley in connection with investigation being conducted by him and that his, Vann's, request would be more appropriately directed to Mr. Baxley, inasmuch as furnishing of information by the FBI to other State and/or local officials could conceivably interfere with Baxley's investigation. y Re HAR A? 376 f Enclosures 157-1025 CONTINUED ts ! * - ’ ‘