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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.
“Headquarters”9 pages
•• • Security hfnrracr".on On one occassion an American archeologist was visiting GEIJVALL. This gave Valdemares some idea that possibly this man could be approcahed fo furnish U. S. aid, but nothing came of it. Since in the beginning, when Hahn was recruited, there was some reservation in Dr. Giuter's mind that Hahn should be used for this missbn, and since as training progressed it developed that JANIS kRUMS , was unsatisfactory for such an undertaking, TILBURY requested that Hahn Come to stockholm where TILBURY then stated that his .suPgrihrs, desired some clarity as to how many Latvians would -participate in this operation. Hence TILBURY desired a final . answer.from Hahn. . Hahn claims that he then declined to participate. in-the.infiltration because of the following reasons; a. In a discussion with Valdemars, Hahn and he both felt to Use the Lithuanian coast, Hahn could not be as useful. f:. 461deMare. claimed that his organization . was .haVing enough difficulty . legaliiing those Latvians coming oUthf . the'woods or,reT.- turning from Russia proper, that Hahn would only be. an ..burden; . flulhaepoteillahnenover having had experience in illegal living would;) no -, doubl.t, have to be "led by the hand" and *mild. - "jump every time he sew a Russian". . • . t TILBURY4 s . lackri of -security, as well as the fact thatzne, „. the Lithuanina trainees had, when inebriated revealed . that.in..].. .90till ".0.0n,was to be undertaken, caused Hahn tornconaider. Futber- s • ' Anore,4i meeting with 1UKINS not only strengbhened his fears lek::nf,-.:security,..but also revealed that this operation had politica . • . " • . . • • -,fthati. I.had the landing site. been somewhere on the LatVian•chest,., -Hehn'WOuld-have . beenof great help. But since it has ' been decided overtones because LUKINS' steted that members waie:'s07ing: • ' , Security Information / 6 r
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