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maT brea eomON I ——UNITED STA G.| ERNMENT 3 Memorandum . — ro): Mee Beluo pare: March 7, 1964 Ee i/ FROM : A, Ros Holmes SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SI 'S; . BOMBING OF eS TXTERNTH STREET BAPTIST. CHURCH ' BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA WA SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 dp : BOMBING MATTERS a PURPOSE OF MEMORANDUM: Copi To summarize the facts in the: “bouisis Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in aiite sbombtig 4 on 9/15/63, THE BOMBING: At approximately 10:19 a.m, on 9/15/63, while church services were being held, an expldsion 3 Tipped the church tearing out a concrete stairway and blasting a hole in the side wall, The room directly affected was a ladies = lounge, Four young Negro girls were killed and 16 other ~y : lpersons were injured, —_a_—— 2 _-—-___ —— ne i oe “sy It was estimated that the bomb consisted of the OU : equivalent of 10 sticks of dynamite and damage to the church at was estimated at approximately $30,000. “4 THE BUREAU'S INVESTIGATION: “RECS ds Ya % Immediately upon learning of the kerk, G full investigation was immediately instituted and all possible assistance was immediately offered to local authorities, A - special squad of Agents plus Laboratory personnel were dispatched to Birmingham to help in the investigation, A top Bureau official was ordered in to head up the special-- ‘ 7 squad, aa “4 MAR IG 1534 o * instructions were issued to our Birmingham Office and to the eight neighboring Bureau offices to immédiatety— “——— initiate interviews of all known Klansmen and hate group / members and to establish the whereabouts of:h11 bombing suspects during the pertinent period, } LE a fa RBLink?, oe aby