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de ete ee etc em ee a ae le ~ NOTE: = es , = a ‘welilbes in his letter of September 9, 1970, requested that we >. ue ; . him of the facts concerning a bombing case in Meridian, Mississippi. ' He enclosed articles from American Civil Liberties Union, American Friends Service Committee and "Quaker Service" which give exerpts of articles previously written by Jack Nelson. Nelson, in his articles, which appeared in "Los Angeles Times" in February of 1970, alleges the Bureau and Meridian, Mississippi, Police Department paid reward money to Klan informants to set up an ambush. . , in his letter, generally supports law : enforcement and desires to know the facts. £ The facts alleged by Nelson are entirely false and the true facts are that on June 30, 1968, Kathy Ainsworth and Thomas Albert Tarrants, Ill, attempted to bomb the home.of Meyer Davidson, * Meridian, Mississippi. Police had advance information from an informant and the house was staked out. Ainsworth was killed ina gun battle; Tarrants was sentenced to 30 years. This was a police operation’ ~ - In May of 1970, a source of our Jackson Office advised that the ACLU was going to file suit against the Meridian, Mississippi, Police Department alleging entrapment in this same case. To date, no suit has been filed. To direct correspondence in this matter to the ACLU would only dignify their remarks and our letter could be mis- quoted and misinterpreted by them and in their publications,