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OPTIONAL FoR HO. 10 1 + may 3p67 EDO \ GSA Pgh (4 CPD COTA UNITED STATES GO .. SNMENT N. P. Callahan Assac. Die. Memorandum eT TO :Mr. W. R. wannaia,,pal 2? XK sunyect CKaPBOM ) Treining —_ BAPBOM is the code word for the investigatidn of € bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 9/16/63 which resulted in the deaths of 4 Negro girls, injuries to 16 other persons and extensive property damage. Purpose of this memorandum is toaivise of the receipt of a request on 12/1/75, via Robert Havel, Director, Office of Public Information, a Department of Justice, from William J. Baxley, Attorney General | } State of Alabama, for certain results of our investigation in ..\/ captioned case, Comp. Syst. — Ext, Affabrs Files & Com, Gen. tov. Bed tes att pt n On 4/5/71 Mr. Baxley, then recently elected as Alabama Attorney General, contacted FBIHQ advising he had launched an inquiry into this case and desired assistance. He said he had an informant whom he declined to identify, whom he believed to be ofmaterial assistance. He requested the names of witnesses who could place certain suspects in Birmingham on 9/16/63, any available information as to automobiles then operated by the Suspects, nature of explosive device or devices used in the bombing and advice as to any pOlygraph tests afforded to the suspects. He also wanted to interview the polygraph operator (s) who may have administered any such examinations. His request was referred to the Civil Rights Division with the statement that the FBI was taking no further action in the absence of a specific request from the Departm - Mr. Baxley was advised of the referral. No instrugtad were Received from the Department. Nx c- Mr. Baxley again conten FBIHQ of 4/18/15 adizating ~ he had additional information in this matter and when contacted by SAC, Birmingham, he stated he had information from an informant whom he declined to identify which warranted contact with numerous individuals previously interviewed by the FBI. He declined to elaborate on the information but indicated it was essentially the same information he had in 1971. He requested that FBI hat FBE Agents ly &, Bafile 1ST 100° Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan s010-108