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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 LUKINS would see the traffic were mao .
20. JANIS KRUMS, the 3rd trainee, formerly of SKOBES group, wrote
to SKOBE in England and among other items, mentioned the fact that
a person had returned from Latvia. SKOBE thereupon wrote to Hahn,
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requesting the latter to confirm this information and also inform-
ing Hahn that he iv working for BROADWAY. Hahn replied that KRUM •
was imagining things which, incidently, he often did and for which
he was well known. The fact that SKOBE was working for BROADWAY
was revealed by Hahn to TILBURY, who Showed dislike that such-was
the casOhough Hahn thought that some coordination was now needed:
21. Shortly, before the operation Valdemar showed Hahn a written:.
'document which TILBURY had given to VALDE/AAR. This document which.,
was destined for VALDEMARS organization in Latvia and which
TILBRUY requested VALDEMAR not show to Hahlit, contained the general'
as well as in elrnaA Latvian emigre situation, the latter clearly
indicating .()
'icating that LC had supremacy in Latvian politics and stating• • . .
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., quite falsely - thathe LCP is the only organization Which is.n4w2.
and has ever done anyt ing for the liberation. This declamation
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wae signed by MINTAUTS CAKSTE, on of the LCP leaders and son of
the first Latvian PresidentJANISCAKSTE;' signing,this dOcuMent,he
- used the pseudonym "ZIEMELIS". In this declaration VALDEMARS was
•called HVALTERIS", •According to Hahn, VALDEMARS Was documented.
.VALTERIS : RIEESTINS in 1944/45 in KurzeMe.,
•;22: The VALDEMAR infiltratic ,n, having been delayed from 7 April
.1949: ., 30 April 1949; took place on 30 April 1949, with theHfollOi.
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ing . Persons participating is far as Hahn knows:
a. Latvian's - VALDEMARS .
Estonians - . MAX - Wb leekemx;tvon hi*cwamifrod Lithuania%
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