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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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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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