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This file concerns the FBI search for Robert Jay Mathews, a fugitive associated with the white supremacist group The Order and wanted after a shootout with FBI agents in Portland, Oregon. The released records are FBI teletypes from November 1984 through January 1985 concerning fugitive leads, command-post logistics, surveillance communications, and funding for the search. They describe efforts focused on wooded areas east of Portland, warn that Mathews and his associates were armed and extremely dangerous, and discuss intelligence on Aryan Nations-linked cells, weapons, and possible associates. The records also note that Mathews was wounded during the Portland shootout and escaped while another fugitive was captured.

FBI file number: 89B-198 | Documents span: 1984-1985 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Robert Jay Mathews
Subjects: domestic terrorism, The Order, Aryan Nations, fugitive search, white supremacism, FBI teletypes