MemoRe Army-FBI ground search planning and procedures, Lake Merwin (Sub E)20 March 1972page 1 of 2
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Part 65, page 348

DB Cooper-27650Serials SE 164-81-3034

Document date 20 March 1972

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Places

Cone #2Cone area #1Ft. LewisLake MerwinLewis River

Dates mentioned

3/20/723/21/72MAR 23 1972

Transcript

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SAC at Army briefing at 10:00 AM

Information on JP-4 supply location

Explore charges for agents eating breakfast at Lake Merwin - charges and also any charge for C ration for noon meal for agents in field with troops.

Mosaic will not be ready until 9:00 AM, 3/20/72 and will not be available for Army briefing but will be at command post on 3/21/72 set up for inspection and coordinating of search.

Copies of blown up map to be given to unit commanders.

Advise Army personnel of following: agent at gate will handle security of Lake Merwin park DO WE NEED 24 hour gate guard?

. White tape will be placed on electrical wires per request of helicopter pilot.

Army personnel will have no contact with civilians - ann inquires of army personnel will be referred to Squadron Commander, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] who will refer to agent without identifying the agent as FBI personnel.

Permission for fires in field being secured from Dept. of Natural Resources.

SA[REDACTED] will work with[REDACTED] as operations officer.

We understand that the operation is an Army adventure training mission to familiarize Army personnel with training in ground reconnaissance.

All buildings, inhabited or not, army will completely skirt and only agent personnel will search buildings. No army personnel will search any buildings.

Telephone being installed today

Making use of house as command post rather than guard shack

Army starts from Ft. Lewis 0800 3/21/72 and expect in field with some searching completed in afternoon

EXPLORE POSSIBILITY OF SOME AGENTS REMAINING WITH TROOPS /FB/ [guess: SEATTLE] IN EVENT NECESSARY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH FBI AND POSS[IBLY] [guess: CITY] TROOPS MAY FIND SOME EVIDENCE.

DB Cooper-27650

Search will be made with 3 priorities - Cone area #1 main body of troops South of cone #2 and north of Lewis River #3 Air Rifle platoon will be inserted in vicinity of point A for specific area searches and wherever else needed - insertion by helicopter. 5 to 10 foot intervals between men absolute maximum. keep skirmish search line straight & all stop when one finds something

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SUB - E. [guess: charges] [illegible] [guess: don't] [guess: my] - [guess: don't] [guess: get] [guess: per] [guess: county] [illegible] b6 b7C b6 b7C [guess: Adv] [illegible] 164-81-[guess: 3034]

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SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ MAR 23 1972 FBI - SEATTLE