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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. 61 …this convoy of boats, carrying among others Mitrevics and.Andersons, left , the :Ventspils harbor. rrior t…
  • p. 62 …The first boat in Which Anderson and Dr. Ginters were traveling managed to escape and reached…
  • p. 69 …It is also Hahn's belief that Andersons (an Anflltree from Sweden who arrived in Latvia…
  • p. 78 …by s reporters in Plant (Najas) that Andersons Auld like to meet him. Unable to do…
  • p. 80 …Arnitis, engineer, Anderson, sailor, and Petersons and,Smits, and was:finaaced by SwediSh Church fends, the…
  • p. 135 …Janis/Andersons Was an agriculturalist. He was one of the directors of the "Mezpuiku" organization in…
, "twill,
j° ri: (:REA"S
that "now they redly had the right men going oer". Relating
this evidence of political overtones to Dr. Guiters (Hahn did not
reveal ttE source), Dr; G iuters said that such could not be the
case and that this was only "the talk of the LCP opposition".
d. Valdemare also desired that Hahn remain in the western
world, because he (Valdemars) then felt that then a capable person
would remain this side of the iron curtain who could not onlyte
depended Upon, but also could Attempt to activity the underground
.organization which was to a great extend divorced from.Valdemars
group. . .
:19. The course lasted two months, was very general in nature,
and lacked proper control and security, although the instructors
were quite satisfactory.
So that the Latvian partisans would not lose the possibility's,
.oft. S. aid, as already mentioned.' Valdemars arranged a Signal
/
' Plan and contact chain with Hahn which was completely divorced
:.:from'tnat'arranged by TILBURY witht Valdemar. In addition KALE, . in,
the U. S. was notified n'that representative from the homeland.parti-,
. `.) sins had arrived and that he Should do all possible to arouse' U.S..
interest in this divorced and separate operational, plan of Rahnit.—
KALME answk.ed only 6 months later, which caused Hahn and Valdimar.
nAo,datide to contact in order that radio contact with Sweden (Hahn
be arranged in the presence of : Valdemar UKINS,' who had a radio set
Ait.hi(disposal.. •
DAIGA (now
It was arranged that LUKINS, whose radio operator.
In U.S. eince 1949) would not be'knowledifabie..
:rather would become the "technician" in.charge:-.
encode and decode all Messages; no conditions
Of theeoda, but
While Hahn would.
SCCIRify Itiforttui?/10o.4

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