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0-96 (Rev. 12-19-86) oO 4 y t FBI Date: 9/18/63 Transmit the following in —_$§—_ eg oo (Type in plain text or code) Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL ! —__Prtarity of Method of Walling) | Director, FBI (157-1025) FROM: SAC, Birmingham (157-352) (P) re: CCBappoyp? By teletype dated 9/18/63 the Bureau instructed that a@11 continental offices be furnished facts of this case with the following instructions: The Bureau has initiated a full~scale investigation, which is being handled as a Special. All offices instructed to contact appropriate racial informants and/or sources. Any material submitted for dissemination should carry the full caption "UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; BOMBING OF 16TH STREET BAP TIST CHURCH, 9/15/63, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, BOMBING MATTERS". Leads are to be handled expeditiously. { Any pertinent information developed by any office should be immediately furnished to the Bureau by telephone or teletype, depending upon the information. For the information of all offices: At 10:19 a.m., on 9/15/63 there was an explosion, generally believed to have been caused by ten or more sticks of dynamite, at the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, @ - Bureau ne a } 2 - Each Continental Office —— ee 2 - Birminghan i REC 12 gg SEP 21 198- Loe). . ous Approved: Sent MO Per — “ Special Agent in Charge