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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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Security t7" "-,rmaVon s r()' On 19 August 1948 Hahn met Tilbury in the presence of Dr. Ginters. Tilbury • also assured Rahn - who specifically requested such assurance - that he Tilbury had no Peiitical interests in this operational work and that he Tilbury could vouch for ne LCP connection and interference in this matter. Regarding training in Sweden, Tilbury felt it would present a problem in that it would be difficult to conceal this; until that time no selution had been feutd. INA Tilbury also mentioned during this contersition that this work had been begin by him, Di. Ginters and former Latvian Ambassador to Sweden VeldemarOiSalnajs; Tilbury further stated that since Salnajs had just died, the two remaining, he and Dr. Gintero, would have to continue alone. g the follow/months Hahn furnished three further gx biographies about '...Dr.),GEORGS UNNENOVS, JANIS , .. TIS, and (Let. Army Capt .'. JANISiJANKAVS. Al]. these applied for the aforementioned C group(Seo pare 15) on Hahn i s advice. These and the biegraphies .f. Hahn and RWELLN were the only ones furnished Tilbury by Hahn, as the - latter-influedeed by RNPORTAL suspicions - also was somewhat uncertain as to whether or not Tilbury political ambitions would again come to the fore. Later, writing to Dr. Glitters, Hahn used the excuse that he did not possess the means to travel extensive 1,y and hence the saall.amount of biogdaphies; the truth of the matter was that Hahn decided to await any substantiation to his belief that Tilbury would again begin his political meddling. (16) The following indications lead Hahn to believe that VOLDEMARIS SALNAJS, former Lat. Ambassador to Sweden who died in the Simmer 1948 in ' Sweden was Tilbury coiliiet:with'the-Breadway. .a. Tilbury in his talk with Hahn mentioned SALHAJS as one of theithroe leaders in this group, the ethers bang Tilborylimeelf and Dr. Ginter.. Security !nit:v:110*N SECRET
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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.