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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 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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