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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 …his life story.. .whiChAW:. . t .:;:l. had. never told to anyone' in -1,such detail and…
  • p. 4 …eventually almost disap peared, though he really never changed his basic ideas of free enterprise. From…
  • p. 9 …of freedom, and a person who had never talked that way before. Hahn, who realized the…
  • p. 10 …such articles should never be written and that-the way that . • Hahn hat eipressed"Iiinieelfwaf -triiite…
  • p. 13 …nationalistly motivated group and would no doubt never fight for the Communists! Since Valdemars frequently travelled…
  • p. 20 …Category C - Those persons who wished to join this organi- zation but who had never been…
  • p. 23 …This statement coincides with the truth : , never has Hahn noticed any press mention of Rucelis while…
  • p. 35 …4uri umii eters, This meeting which actually never Occured,,h40J41 .. . .. :: .......s..4.4'.; enf.: Eirrangedi the…
  • p. 51 …opnOrtUtity•te - '.fleejo-Seeden...,MitrevicsMhd..jiad really.,never.Stopped'his.actiiitiSpt -.-,WaS-:.aceepted;:,,eventhough he too…
  • p. 61 …Hahn was requested to reply by indorsement which he promised to do but which he never…
  • p. 64 …He took along 20,000 rubles and has never been heard of since. On 15 May…
  • p. 68 …know, began to complain that the "Colonel" never appeared in person, and should make at least…
  • p. 75 …d never catch bum '0.n'3 Oct 1945 Iiedainie and DamamiS.Were arrested in the…
  • p. 77 …he was having built, the cut-outs never returned. Hahn clamis that the reason they were…
  • p. 84 …Obviously -Hahn never knew the contents of the messages received and sent in this fashion; but…
  • p. 85 …Svikis, (whoa H terms very ambitious), for this as well as personal reasons, never revealed any…
  • p. 86 …SVANTESSON was and convicted on a charge of misappropriation of funds, as he never admitted his…
  • p. 87 …Later Zarins informed Hahn that he had never received this report whereupon Hahn sent him another…
  • p. 93 …Hahn claims that he never oceived the debriefing of these;he does not know whether Ginters…
  • p. 94 …Lukins:never -nantiOned either of,these.names to fialliSteinto,4spoks of only ono. Now •%k
  • p. 99 …TILBURY) never had been, is not now, and will never be Ale to procure recurits for…
  • p. 102 …This BILESKALNS never had the opporutnity to do. On the other hand, VaLDEMAR related to Hahn…
  • p. 104 …which would be'completeLi divorced from and never revealed to the Swedes and/or TILBURY. At…
  • p. 109 …SKOBE further mentioned that the DS will never fully understand Latvia
  • p. 113 …Nevertheless, Hahn stated that because of political differences they would never be able to come to…
  • p. 116 …Arrested by the .NKOD and was never heard from. 9. ValdemarXetersons Member of Hahn f s…
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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.
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