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¥- The Attorney General September 30, 1963 1 1 = Mr, Belmont Director, FBI 1 - Mr. Rosen 1 —~ Mr. Malley . 1 = Mr. McGowan UNKNOWN ‘8; 1 = Mr, Lavin BOMBING OF BIXTEENTH STREET 1 = Mr, Mohr BAPTIST CHURCH, =~ 1 ~ Mr, Conrad _BIREINGHAW. 1 — Mr. DeLoach “BEPTEMDER. 15, 2963 1 ~ Mr, Evans BOKBING MATTERS 1 - Mr, Sullivan On September 29, 1963, I vas advised that the office ef Governor George Wallace of Alabana had released a atatenent to the press at 8:30 p.m, Central Standerd . Time (CST), that date to the effect that Alabama state investigators expected to break the case of the bombing ef the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham within the next few hours and that arrests were imminent, At 11:10 p.m., CST, an investigator fer the A#labema Highway Patrol was observed placing Robert Es . \AChawbliss under st, At 12:50 a.m., CST, Bepteaber 30, 7 information was received that a second man, , gle, was arrested by the Alabama Highway Patrol, Both men were reportedly taken to the Alabama Highway Patrol station at Midfield, Alabama, on the outskirts of Birmingham, Radio reports attributed to the Governor's offige indicated only that two white wen had been arrested in connection with the church bombing, but their identities were being withheld in the interests of continuing investi- gation. The Alabama Highway Patrol declined to furnish spy information concerning the arrests or the identities of ,the: two mene geritakinh Ap; qs) . ‘Sulliven Tove) —_____ Trotter —___.2 Tele, Room ——— Holmes va avan.nooME 2 | recerype unit}