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The following information was furnished by Special Agent P| Laboratory Division on LIC June 15, 1981: On June 13, 1981, a conference concerning the fibrous evidence obtained from numerous victims in the series of killings of black children and young black men in the tlanta area was held Georgia Police Academy in Atlanta. Georgia State Crime ratory, invite umber oO 1ber specialists from members of the textile fiber industry and various forensic laboratories throughout the United States and Canada to examine the hair and fiber evidence in these cases and attempt to answer a number of questions of special interest to the Atlanta Task Force concerning the validity and significance of the findings of the Georgia State Crime Laboratory. Arrangements for this conference were made prior to the development of Wayne Bertram Williams as a suspect in this case and the search of Williams’ home and automobile. As a result of the searches, numerous items of evidence composed of textile fibers were obtained for comparison purposes, An interview on June 9, 1981, by Special Agent (SA) reflects the findings of the Georgia State Crime Laboratory concerning the fibrous material from victims in this case and the results of compar ing these fibers with items from the home of Wayne Bertram Williams. An FD -302 was prepared with the results of this interview. Because of the finding of fibers in the composition of items from the home and automobile of Williams' like those removed from numerous victims, the fiber specialists were asked to not only verify the fiber matches but were also asked to consider the significance of these matches and what additional tests would be of value to characterize and compare these fibers. A total of fourteen fiber specialists in addition to two representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Laboratory were given the opportunity to examine and compare microscopically the hair and fiber evidence obtained and examined by the Georgia State Crime Laboratory. After the fiber specialists had completed their examinations, they were each asked to give their opinion of the vailidity and significance of the fibrous evidence in this case linking the victims to the items from the home and vehicle of Wayne Bertram Williams, to members of the Atlanta Task Force and other city and county officials. L1C 4 TE