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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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SECURITY INFOR MATP N •II.?
1. Janistezciems
Hahn's mother's brother --- , Former Captain in Latvian Army. Now in
Varel, Germany.
2., AleksandrsiMezciems
Margita.(Hehn)
Born. in Riga In 1911. Hahn's sister. . Married FNU Olins,who died in •
19140 just before the first Russian occupation of Latvia. Margita's
husband, a former Lt. in the Latvian Army in the 1920s, while under .
infl;uenCe of alcohol, attempted to execute what was legally termed
a licoup d'etatu in Valmiera, Latvia. Although this act was in later
.years, described as having fascist overtones, Hahn himself. con .
, vinced that it was nothing but a hz!rmlese outburst and eMetinnel . .
reaction while under the influence' of alcohol. This so-called ”Coup,.
d'etat", having gained notice in the press, was actually to" be ..:
punished by court-martial; however, in order to escape such a disgrace,,.
Lt. Oliva, on the advice of his family and friends, claimed imam- . -
iy, Which was accepted by the legal authorities. Margita(Hahn) ,,
was last heard of by Hahn in 1948, at which time she was living ini.:•-
-Riga and working as a lecturer at the University orRiga. • •
h. : - O.Ingride (Hahn) . . .. ..
Berman Riga in 1913'. Hahn's sister. 14arried agronomist , Vitals, lork -
litiOrni she has had five children. The 'family is at present residing •
A,-inultralia:'. . . . • ..:,! •
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jinia 4aneons
: Son 'of Department-Director in the. Latvian State Agency for Internal. ..
Land Re orm Matters. Deported by the Russians in March erApri'1941.
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; ..6. • Martiris Kreslilis . . , .. , .• . .
. SO of, the Prosecuting Attorney who prosecuted the Perkonkrusts....
• .(sWas • a League) and Bruno Kalnins in 1914.
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, Later jeined .:the-Savkina Gvarde .(military translationi'.Ami-Guard;
truemealing: industrial and political police.). During..theberman
occupation, Bueeri joined the German-sponsored police unit sinea.he
'felt that his Other three firends inHahn's original group thought,
:,.;*had, ,ioessibly,becoMeaCemmuniat. :•
Hahni s mother's brother. Now surgeon in England.
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