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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 12 f sord-108 . ™~. _~ UNITED STATES GOv ERNMENT ° ont - Casper ——_____— Callahan - Memorandum cael" TO : Mr. Mohr DATE: May 30, 1964 Sulliva Tavel _——_____ Ws l> Trotter _—____ Tele. Room Holmes FROM : CC, D, DeLoach | © apbonb> SUBJECT: "THE BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BOMBER" Guf,4, SATURDAY EVENING POST, 6-6-64 ~~" WASHINGTON POST, 5-30-64 (Page A3) tat , In connection with the attached Washington Post article captioned "FBI Knows Church Bombers In Birmingham, Writer Says, " which appears on page A3 of the May 30, 1964, issue, we have received many calls from + news services. All callers have ‘been answered with a strict "no comment." It appears that a free-lance writer, “George CMillan, '’ who has written for the Saturday Evening Post in the past, is author of several books, has talked . considerably with United States Attorney Weaver at Birmingham, whom he quotes ~ in the magazine article. The article points out that the FBI is aware that one ‘ "" man is responsible for the September, 1963, bombing of the Birmingham church $ in which 4 Negro girls were killed. It states the FBI is aware of the identity S of other persons involved but it has not been possible for the FBI to arrest oe \ those responsible because of lack of evidence. pe a The article in both the Saturday Evening Post and the = Associated Press wire story printed by the Washington Post this morning is not unfavorable to the FBI. Early this year, McMillan, the author of the story, contacted several of our field offices as well as Bureau Headquarters and we told him we could not be of assistance to him. We are, of course, continuing to "no comment" all aspects of this matter. RECOMMENDATION: —{. f i a excioSURE c\ pote. Zea ie y, 1- Mr. M.A.Jones Z ss a 3 i964 1- Mr. Tolson Xp oF REW:jo AQ . or a &