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OrMOMAL FOR HO, 10, s010-108 ¢ say tea eoiTion * € - CIAGEM, GEG. OD. 27 as UNITED STATEx ERNMENT Fy Memoran re ; , TO : wr. pernony flo pate: 9-24-63 Trotter FROM: A. Ros G VY Tele. Room —— Gandy "; SUBJECT: ENSuBs; BOMBING OF Cuxreewra 2 BAPTIST CHURCH, = SEmMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 9~15-63 BOMBING MAT MATTERS In connection with our investigation of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on 9-15-63, kK the following information, is submitted. a? SO ne effort is being expended to identify the Sergeant Bill described nd inquiries and co of sources at Fort McClellan aré ¢ inuing to be pushed, is going to be available -. for interview again today and he will her questioned by Agents - { in an effort to establish if there is any truth to his story, / ~ With regard to the type of explosive used in the bombing of victim church, several additional persons who were in the church 3 at the time of the explosion have advised that the odor which followed the explosion was unlike anything they had ever smelled before, They described it as somewhat like a dry gunpowder or firecracker type smell and yet not. specifically the same as gunpowder or firecracker odor, Arrangemerits are being made through military authorities at Fort McClellan for a test eifesion of composition C3 to determine if these witnesses can identify the odor from the explosion with the odor they detected at the church bombing. hr, Mob) Le Me Rvan pee. I 7 - Zoe ct /3l 1- Mr, Conrad’, > - Mr, Sullivan 1 - Mr, DeLoach a Gt Chea pM : yw, nk Eb 20 cre 93 : JCT:cac wt! ortiz ae Se 23 1963 ‘ji (11) cae” a we —_— 6 i clr 27771983 ‘ Comy _ wes WR. ToOswsont SETS oe ae ee