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17 + OPTIMAL FORM MO. 10 2010-104 nay var epition Gta Dew. et. HO. 27 ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum TO Mr, Belmont pate: December 8, 1964 uw FROM A. noice + Mohr . Callahan Sullivan Belmont Rosen suBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 de by CT BOMBING MATTER Cos Marr Te Task Force Date 7211 (7 2. Loot Cen + PZ DS” ee ee ee piteterade BREESE ES on b. oe Midmorning Sunday, September 15, 1963, an explosion rocked the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church which had been the scene of a number of racial demonstrations in preceeding months. In 1 addition to the injuries, four young Negro females were killed, ge! The force of the blast was such that no identifying physical evidence a remained which could be used by our Laboratory experts to reconstruct aoe the exact explosive device employed. } 5 q -/ 6 Q Se BACKGROUND OF CASE: Dp | i foe ‘7 DIRECTION OF INVESTIGATION: rata vw —— ee nd \o as In the absence of physical evidenée, ‘our thvewtigation 4 q-- has been directed to gathering of oral testimony.which_mightderm a \° basis for prosecution, Intensive investigation early focussed our | attention to Klansmen and we were tha certain we were on the right track, However, the publicity-seeking action of the Alabama Highway \, Patrol (AHP), acting on no other basis than the knowledge we were Vi ‘ vs hy \ CONTINUED - Over ZODECZ2 1964