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. . . N a “UNITED STATES GOv ERNMENT 7 . ren. Casper ——__ : Callahan —___~ - Memorandum —— TO Mr. Mohr DaTE: May 30, 1964 Va LS en LS ter FROM C. D. DeLoach © mpeenb> wl a we y SUBJECT: "THE BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BOMBER" 400 NI Gef4, SATURDAY EVENING POST, 6-6-64. jt ‘hw we WASHINGTON POST, 5-30-64 (Page A3) aa In connection with the attached Washington Post article ~ captioned "FBI Knows Church Bombers In Birmingham, Writer Says, '' which ‘, appears on page A3 of the May 30, 1964, issue, we have received many calls from x news services, All callers have been answered witha strict "no comment." It \& appears that a free-lance writer, 'George{MCMillan, " who has written for the Saturday Evening Post in the past, is ‘author of several books, has talked considerably with United States Attorney Weaver at Birmingham, whom he quotes in the magazine article. The article points out that the FBI is aware that one man is responsible for the September, 1963, bombing of the Birmingham church in which 4 Negro girls were killed. It states the FBI is aware of the identity of other persons involved but it has not been possible for the FBI to arrest those responsible because of lack of evidence. ‘a 3 Cone « PAE OS Associated Press wire story printed by the Washington Post this morning is The article in both the Saturday Evening Post and the | not unfavorable to the FBI. Early this year, McMillan, the author of the story, contacted several of our field offices as well as Bureau Headquarters and we told him we could not be of assistance to him. We are, of course, continuing to "no comment" all aspects of this matter. RECOMMENDATION: ~{. f cop For information, Enclosure EC. 42 = i By yy nets x SNCHSORE € \gs é iam he 2) i-Mr. M.A.Jones —% e JUN 3 1964 1- Mr. Tolson . ep x E> SINS 196d = - 332 “¥ y & REW:jo n9 S a A &