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‘a " as * ey NROG7 SE PLAIN 804 PM NITEL 3/27/72 FEE TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) PORTLAND (164-41) FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P NORJAK. THE TERRAIN SEARCH COMMENCED SEVEN TWENTY A.M. WITH | APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN GROUND TROOPS. NO DEVELOPMENTS. AT COB TODAY APPROXIMATELY THIRTY PERCENT OF ENTIRE AREA, CONSISTING PRINCIPALLY OF SECOND GROWTH TIMBER AND BRUSH COMPLETED. Ld) SED HE - ' ; b7C INTENDS TO TERMINATE SEARCH WITH GROUND TROOPS AT NOON THIRTIETH INST., RETURNING TROOPS TO FORT LEWIS, LEAVING TOKEN FORCE IN CAMP TO PRESERVE OPERATION INTACT. HE WILL RETURN TO CAMP TO COMNENCE 5 SEARCH AeM. OF APRIL FOUR NEXT. HE EXPECTS THAT IN APPROXIMATELY TWO DAYS AFTER APRIL FOUR ENTIRE AREA SOUTH OF LEWIS RIVER IN SEARCH AREA WILL BE COMPLETED. | ~ TO COMPLETE ENTIRE SEARCH AREA, INCLUDING THAT NORTH OF LEWIS RIVER, WHICH IS EXTREMLY MOUNTAINOUS AND RUGGED WILL TAKE AN ESTIMATE OF A MINIMUM OF TWO WEEXS WITH A MAXIMUM OF THREE WEEKS, AFTER RETURN, ON APRIL FOUR. AREA INVOLVED COMPRISES APPROXIMATELY END PAGE ONE | Oo 164-8) -2642. ' DB Cooper-7478