Part 11, page 284

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

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SE 164-81

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FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU TERRAIN IN SEARCH AREA VARIES FROM SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FEET FROM A RIDGE LINE WHICH AVERAGES SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FEET AND DENSE WOODS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY UNDERGROWTH AND FEW CLEARINGS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA, TO INTERMITTENT FARM LAND AND CLEARINGS WITH SOME STANDS OF DENSE TIMBER IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA. THERE ARE MANY STREAMS AND HILLS AND MUCH OF THE TIMBER LAND IS ALMOST IMPENETRABLE. WEATHER at time WEATHER IN QUESTION, ACCORDING TO PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WEATHER SERVICES REFLECTS WINDS AT SEVEN THOUSAND FEET from 30 THE WEST UP TO THIRTY KNOTS. CEILING$ FIVE THOUSAND FEET, MEDIUM TO HEAVY CLOUD COVER AT THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED FEET OCCASIONAL SIGHTINGS OF THE GROUND AT FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET. ATE GROUND LEVEL A LIGHT MISTY RAIN WAS FALLING WITH WIND VELOCITY TEN TO FIFTEEN KNOTS. IN RESPONSE TO BUREAU INQUIRY TODAY, SEATTLE TELETYPE, NOV. TWENTY FOUR CONTAINED ON PAGE SIX INFORMATION CONCERNING "SCUFFLE" BETWEEN SUBJECT AND A PASSENGER. THIS HAS BEEN FURTHER DISCUSSED WITH WITNESS AND THE

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