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P- Bod i hea QF INVESTICS7HUN ws ol IDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 67” | 7” COMMUNICATIONS SECTI os OCT.20 196 URGENT 10-20-63 2-50 PM EST CLH TO DIRECTOR, FBI AND SAC, BIRMINGHAM FR Cy KNOXVILLE 2P BAPBOMB RE MIAMI TEL OCT. NINETEEN SIXTYTHREE. . FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU, THE MT. ZION CHURCH, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. BURNED OCT. SEVENTEEN, SIXTYTHREE AND AT HEIGHT OF FIRE, AN EXPLOSION OCCURED WHICH DEMOLISHED THE CHURCH. FIREMEN BE-~ < LIEVE THE EXPLOSION WAS DUE TO FORMATION OF GASES DURING THE FIRE. FIREMEN HAVE ADVISED THERE HAS BEEN NO INDICATION OF ANY BOMBING OF THE CHURCH. SINCE THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF BOMBING OR RACIAL INCIDENT IN CONNECTION a STANT CHURCH, BUREAU NOT PREVIOUSLY ADVISED. : ot er wes 88 Jad LS- G4 A BOMBING OCCURED IN A VACANT HOUSE AT ONE FIVE ONE FIVE WHEELER ST., CHATTANOOGA, ON OCT. EIGHT, SIXTYTHREE AND THIS WAS FURNISHED BUREAU BY TELETYPE AND AIRTEL, OCT. NINE, SIXTYTHREE. CHATTANOOGA PD HAS DEVELOPED NO FURTHER INFO CONSERNIN€—THTS™ HP BERL Ob IN BOMBING. | repo 6 OCT 22 1963 —_ v LOCAL FIRE MARSHALL, «GHATTANOOG IS BEING GONFACTED "rOo™ Bee py aT ee DETERMINE WHETHER ARSON OR BOMBING COULD HAVE OCCURED AT MT. if wes sPie: ui ZION CHURCH os T. ‘SEVENTEEN; StTYTHREE. f ‘ END“PAGE ONE* = Ry ) |