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This undated, secret Central Intelligence Agency debriefing memo to the Chief, CSOB, records the life story of Clevland O. Hahn, a Latvian born in 1919. It covers his family and pre-war life, the Soviet and German occupations of Latvia, his anti-communist resistance group at the Jelgava Academy, and his post-war activities in Sweden. An appendix gives numbered biographic notes on Latvian emigres, intelligence figures and police officers. The document contains no UFO material.
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•Secuilly '4.1i-.47mattion C.' ,r7.76'1._;`•-) Lenghty debates ensued which liter' far iifar night and then in. the early morning Dr. Ginters finally revealed to/that the Broadway was behind all this. Dr. Ginters further amplified this by saying that the Broadway was behind Tilbury grew unknown to the Tibars and that this fact must not only be withheld at all cost from the Tibars but also from all other Latvians. From the Broadway contact with Tilbury the following Broadway interests and opinions could be el/id:needs a. Broadway believed that in case of Russian invasion of Sweden, the Swedish people would be poer opponents to the Russians while the Latviane, who were experienced and would surely oppose the invaders would make much more suitable partisan leaders whom Broadway could than support. b. Broadway would be able te support Latvian partisans much more satisfacterily'than the Tibars. c. Guarantees for foil/Jos of Latvian participants have been given . by Broadway (and not by the Tiber° as stated before)/ (•,.' • d. Broadway would judge by the biographies which individulat would be actable ti them. ?1 • Though at first Hahn felt that it was unwise te:fumnish biographies to the Tibars he agreed to furnish them to Broadway because he felt that thie was sufficiently secure. To this Dr. Ginters added that the biOgraphies were to be furnished as 800n AS possible because it Was intedded to Am I I very shortly. Hahn feels that this urgency had some connection with the carAni inter- national situation at that time (the Berlin airlift had Net begun). Furthermore -Dr. %Oters felt that Hahn should personally meet Tilbury with whom he , could then „._ discuss this matter. • . d.A.10MIW ° Diseuesing this matter with MORTAL an RNFILLOW in detail thP ' still: felt uncertain and refused to beliefetpthrpeffitrtaLCP had 408111 politiaal ambitions. WILLOW being inCirFited; • PA,ryide./Orly in the trax......d phase, completed a very general biography along with HahnfRNFORTAL refused to do. this. V: •
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 146 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.