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° FROM SUBJECT : i: pate: September 17, 1964 \e oie 26 - Tove! » . - > ‘ OPTIONAL (Ohm HO. 9010-106 } mat be? EDTiOe . { O44 GEN. AEG. wo. aF Toison . Betmont UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Moar Cospet Memorandum = 1 - Mr. Rosen Trotter Tele. Room Holmes _ ; 1 _ Mr. Gondy 67 Rr’ 67 While talking with John Doar, he mentioned the following items which have already been requested by Owen of Sullivan. They pertain to the preparation of the case for trial] and are among the many requests which will be received during the preparation of this case from day to day inasmuch as Sullivan is maintaining close contact with Departmental attorneys: Doar referred to the article in the "Saturday Evening Post” of September 5, 1964, relating to the instant case written by William Bradford Huie, He referred to the paragraph on page two of the article, third column, which is as follows: "Schwerner and Chaney were in Oxford when the church burned training recruits with money furnished by the National Council of Churches, But the church burners had descriptions of them. They had photographed the youths’ a oe ss henna denn f+ Tianna nn narshaew anal ~ H blue Ford station wagon, They Oroaacast its 1cense numoer ana description. —They-let it be known they 'were laying for that bearded Tr Red Jew agitator. We will get him the next time he comes in here, '" With reference to this, Sullivan stated that they had no one who could testify that pictures of the Ford station wagon had been taken by the suspects. It was a matter of common knowledge that Schwerner and Chaney Were driving around in the blue COFO Ford station wagon, They had been up there for months contacting people in connection with voter registration and this was, of course, well before the church burning on June 16, 1964, Sullivan stated that he had explained this to Owen, Doar, just to keep me informed, mentioned that this had been brought to the attention of Mr. Sullivan by ‘Owen and that he understood there was no individual who could testify concerning this. I advised him that I knew of no person who could testify as to the above comment except that everybody did know they were down there, It was a matter of common knowledge, Uy. bale eo =] . REC. 17 1 SEP 18 1964 . i AR:ige S 6) 3 ~ GS, A FP] 1964 CONTINUED - OVER