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i THE ATTORNEY JENERAL | stare or AL Ma. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. 361 Assoe. Dir, 0. Dep.-A.D-Adm Dep.-A.D.-Inv, Asst. Dir. \ Adm, Serv, _ Fin. & Perg Gen. Inv, veers Inepection Intell. ow. Lahorafty, —f.. Leral t. vetoes Plan. & BfYyval. Ree. Memt. Spee. Inv. 2. Traintuz 20. Telephone Em. _- Dircetor See’y _ WILLIAM J. BAXLEY ‘ ATTORNEY GENERAL June 1, 1976 mA GEORGE L. BECK oe) ‘va.. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL E. RAY ACTON EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT WALTER S. TURNER CHIEF ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL LUCY M. RICHARDS CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT JACK D. SHOWS CHIEF INVESTIGATOR \ 6 re rable Clarence M. Kelly " Director Federal Bureau of Investigation “4 Washington, D. C. Dear Director Kelly: ne Y iV wee i ae HO s oo | As you may know the Attorney General of Alabama and | the Police Department of the City of Birmingham, Alabama \ have reopened the investigation into the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. We have been jointly working on the investigation for approximately six months. In the course of the investigation we have received some information from the FBI Office in Birmingham--primarily 302 form reports of interviews with suspects and other Ku Klux Klan members in the Birmingham area at the time. C eo. | We are now at a point in the investigation where we > would like to interview a number of the FBI agents who worked | 2 _on the case in 1963 and '64 in Birmingham. I have enclosed a ist“sf the names of these agents. poof We feel that it is necessary for our investigators to talk to these agents to develop background information on the jaw case which is not included in the reports that are contained in the case file. These agents undoubtedly spoke to a great many people and had leads of which we ak gnaware. AE USt - Fog 6 JUN IS £m bre ~ whe ee wet ey * - . Le \ y