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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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ZCA.U1117 C-tn • "LC: 0D R'1_ tfkl. — lir b. SALNAJS, according to TILBURY was very active during the war in continuing contact with Latvia. c. Just prior to the German surrender Hahn was informed by °SKALDS /' BILESKAINS, that in case Hahn did indeed proceed to Sweden, BILESKAINS would furnish him the name of one of the foremost Latvians in Sweden who is in a position to put Hahn in contact with a western democracy which would be able to aid the partisans. This BILESKALNS never had the opporutnity to do. On the other hand, VaLDEMAR related to Hahn in 1948 that BILESKALNS has in- formed him, that TIIBURY has been in contaet with BROAEWAI since 1936. (Later, in March 1950, the BROADRAI case officer who contacted Hahn in Sweden replied to Hahn's question as to whether it was true that TILBURY has been in contact with BROM:WAY since 1936 by brushing it off and saying, that it is true, but that this was not a very serious, but rather just a "routine" contact which BROADWAY his been in the habit of undertaking and keeping with many important and well-known Latvian high-ranking-officers. (17) In October 1948 Hahn received a phone call from HUM GINTERS who informed _ Hahn that an acquaintance from Latvia had arrived and that HDGO °INTERS would do all possible that this acquaintance get to see Hahn. ' After one week Hahn received a letter. from VOLDEMAR in which he told Hahn that the battle in his homeland is continuing and that one of the leaders there (it later developed that this was OSVALDS/BILESKAp) still. .. ., holds Hahn in high regard because of his excellent activities in Kurxeme. In the beginning of November 1948 VOLLEMAR arrived in Hid, Sweden, Hahn's having received money for the trip from BONDE and instructions how to reach Hahn from °INTERS. According to VaIlEMARS,'the Swedish authorities did not attempt to detain -him in agralanner and, after, a thorough debriefingconducted by aglIEBARS staff member If • , in German as Well ai:Ary TILBURY himself, Voldemar was permitted to visit Hahn.. The 'moon this permission was so ream1y granted, Hahn believes, is the fact that M.BURT,' no doubt, then considered Hahn to be a member of his group and hence believed that' Hahn SecurIfy. Informaiien 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.