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FL -co4 (Rev, 3-3-. 4) Copy to: Veo Cc Report of Dote: Field Office File gs: t ‘DETAILS ¢ ) a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SA om Birmingham gr = ee , Birmingham 157-352 bureov File s L57-1025 UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, September 15, 1963 © BOMBING MATTERS Neighborhood and interview of church members has not produced any further witnesses who viewed anything significant immediately prior to explo- sion at church. Dynamite sources checked no positive info Other associates of CHAMBLISS and numerous Klansmen of various Klaverns in Alabama interviewed. All deny know- ledge of captioned bombing. Extensive background information relative to these individuals developed. Some alibis verified. Investigation regarding Alabama Highway Patrol arrest of CHAMBLISS, CHARLES ARNIE CAGLE and JOHN WESLEY HALL and local beating of Negro at Krystal Kitchen, Birmingham, set out. Check of Rambiers with Jefferson Count licenses similar to one seen b did not develop any positive info ° it projects being afforded continuous attention. INVESTIGATION REFLECTS MANY MEMBERS OF KLAN AND SEGREGATION TYPE GROUPS CARRY SOME TYPE OF WEAPON, ALL SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE THEREFORE TO BE CONSIDERED — ee aes ~meheaee Pht - ? ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN |S yNoLnoSlFIED #4 274 DATE Sh. BY 6 B74 This document contains neither recommendations nor concluagions of the FBI. ft is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed sutaide your agency. ¥