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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.

  • p. 1 …and was extremely cooperative in giving his life story.. .whiChAW:. . t .:;:l. had. never told to…
  • p. 24 …judicial tM,because Ankralts himself freely admitted cooperation with the NKVD, and eciase Ankravs wrote a…
  • p. 26 …this is not a case of friendly cooperation to achieve the destriCtion of Communism, but rather…
  • p. 37 …Possible cooperation 4th ,theA3rit*sh., to:Toreignt7breadcasts'and,the,written.%re 4
  • p. 38 …All in all, H claims that he revealed a cooperatively minute amount of his • . • as well…
  • p. 52 …therefOrs, • • • 1 • the PPS continued to oppose cooperation With the JAGDVERBAMD untiLapproxitatelro4S. week after their -original…
  • p. 81 …Fearing that Hahn would possibly be persuaded to cooperate with =Other , group (thisd incidentally, is,Hahn4…
  • p. 87 …situation report wftbh Hahn had written in cooperation with Zalcmanis and which depicted the situation in…
  • p. 98 …and that henceforth the Swedish authorities would cooperate only with Tilbtry in any and all Latvian…
  • p. 103 …VALDEMARS related that he (VALDEMARS) haaagreed to cooperate with TILBURY giving TILBURT his word of honor…
  • p. 109 …material and chided Hahn that he was cooperating with the wrong man (meaning KALME). SKOBE further…
  • p. 110 …Since Kalme was unable to give more concrete datatbout cooperation with DYOLAIM, Hahn agreed to SKOBE…
  • p. 112 …with the TIMAAS so that he could begin cooperating with them and then slowly assume -113-
  • p. 113 …Andreason to whom he expressed his desire to cooperate enumerating all his qualifications, as well as…
  • p. 123 …Upon interrogation y H , he admitted cooperation with the Cheke and wrote a long, detailed narrative…
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Just prior to leaving Stockholm Wldemar was informed by HUGO GINTERS that
he (H. GINTERS) had seen to it that VOLLEEMAR Is dossier was completely removed from the
general files of the Abend Commission and placed in a very special file to which only
one Swedish official had access. Later, in Hid, Hahn helped WILDE/aft procure a ration
card which, along with his identity documents, was in his true name, although whenever
possible VALI:MAR used the alias mulimas JANSONS.
Remaining with Hahn until the end of January 1949, VALDEMARS related that
he (VALDEMARS) haaagreed to cooperate with TILBURY giving TILBURT his word of honor
that he wouldmorkiwith no one else. Hence YALDEMARS had been forced to reject HUDO
GINTERS to put him in touch with AIS. HU30 GINTERS claimed that he had such contact
with an American who is quite anxious to meet him. HLGO GINTERS then described the
meeting place idlich to Hahn sounded like the US Embassy in Stockholm HUGO GINTERS,did
not reveal any further details about his UScostact, except to say later, after VOLDEMARS
had declined, that HUGO GINERS 1 American friend could not understand why VALDEMARS Wnuld; 1
not seek contact with the US.
During his stay with Hahn VALDEMAR expressed regret the he had been Unable to
'fulfill two wishes requested by the partisans in Latvia:
a. To work only directly with foreign intelligence agencies.
b. To seek particularly US contact.
Hahn told VALUMAAR that he felt that VALDEMAR had beewaffected by the high.
rank of TILBURY to whom he could not show insubordination as a former enlisted man.
Be that as it' may and whatever the reasons may be behind it, VALDEMARS felt •he . could . •
not break the tiiiimise he had given TILBURL'.. VaIdemars also expressed regret that the
letter that Hahn wrote in reply to VALIEMAR's letter did not reach him before he Made
his proMise to TYPNRO% In this reply Hahn Wafted ULIENARS .not to reveal anfrthiag
prior to stud-i4 the entire situation. Hahn had further explained to VALDEMAR that
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