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4. PB. Callahan . 3. Adams Assoc. Dir. Dep. AD a Dap. AD inet Acet, Die: Admin. ‘Comp. Syst. — Ent. Alfoira — Cevtreae tarcro rorn1s UNITED STATES UOVERNMENT Memorandum To: Mr. W. R. Wannala (ie fee pate: 12/22/75 y ; ¢- SUBJECT: Canppoms Ree BEE 1 Training —_- = hone BAPBOMB is the code word for the investigation of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 9/16/63, which resulted in the deaths of four Negro girls, injuries to sixteen other persons and extensive property damage. Purpose of this memorandum is to advise of receipt of a request from the Mayor of Birmingham to review FBI files regarding above case, regarding any other race-related bombings which occurred in Birmingham during the period 1961-63 and concerning the beating of Freedom Riders at the Trailways Bus Station, Birmingham, on 5/14/61. 3 My letter dated 12/15/75, received by our Birmingham Office on 12/17/75, Birmingham Mayor David Vann requested that he be allowed to see FBI files regarding captioned case and any other “race-related bombings" in Birmingham during the period 1961-63. Birmingham teletype dated 12/17/75, advising of receipt of request, also advised efforts were being made to contact Mayor Vann for clarification of his request. A second letter dated 12/17/75, was received by Birmingham from Mayor Vann in which he requested that he also be allowed to see FBI files on the beating of the Freedom Riders on 5/14/61, at the Trailways Bus Station, Birmingham. SAC, Birmingham contacted Mayor Vann on 12/18/75, at which time Vann advised that the appearance of Gary Thomas Rowe before a U. S. Congressional committee (apparently referring to the testimony of former FBI Klan informant Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr. before the U. S. Senate Select Committee on Intel- ligence Activities, on 12/2/75) caused the Freedom Riders incident to become the subject of discussion by the Birmingham City Council. As a result Vann had the Birmingham Police Department review its records concerning incidents of such nature during the early 1960's. After receiving the results of the review, he felt that examination of FBI files on the Freedom Riders case and captioned case would provide hi ody 4 157-1025 : /§) L725 _— l- dase l6e4 [a 2Y7S FECHO vi br - OVER 1 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings ngs Plan ere 24) 17 DEC 30 1975 ¥