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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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Ii ietuetv on• !7:r-,:c•sl would only bring Valdemar closer to TILBURC (i 7 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 p• Sectn!ty .. 0.41 SEC'? •-•.„‘L
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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.