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Memorandum for Mr. Belmont A RE: UNSUBS; BOMBING OF 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH esentatives, Special Agents iy an departed at 6:30 p.m, 9/15/63 via Ta: 'y je port from Andrews Air Force Base for Birmingham, Si Attorney General Burke. Marsha nd Departmental At oe ‘ GLa wosde C Faisst and ASAC Robert Jansen were telephonically advised that no blow-by-blow reports of our investigation are to be furnished to artmental Attornéys on t! icene an any problems gre encountered in this recarg they are to co icate with the Bureau [Were Coowd. Che pork 5 ee ® Instructions were issued to the Birm: am Office and eight neighboring offices to immediately initiate jinterviews of all known Klansmen and hate group members, particularly members of the National States Rights Party (NSRP), and to establish the whereabouts of all bombing suspects during the pertinent period and to conduct appropriate interviews of them, The offices were instructed to at first single out Klan members and hate group members who would most logically deplore instant bombing and who would be likely to furnish information of possible assistance. The tactic of first interviewing lesser persons in Klan and hate groups is being utilized in view of the heinous nature of the crime and the possibility that such individuals would not condone such a crime, The normal procedures of interviewing key individuals in these organizations are, of course, also being followed, The Birmingham Office has completed interviews with persons who reported they had information of possible value and are proceeding with interviews of possible witnesses who were in the area at the Jacve of the explosion. No information of value has yet been developed concerning the identities of the individuals responsible for the crime, Two automobiles, which were reported as possibly being involved, have been checked out and no pertinent information developed, A preliminary examination of the crime scene by the two representatives from the FBI Laboratory confirmed the opinion of the local fire marsbal that a high order explosive, possibly dynamite, was used in the bombing, A detailed foot-by-foot crime scene search will be conducted on the morning of 9/16/63 during the daylight hours.