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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. 61 …this convoy of boats, carrying among others Mitrevics and.Andersons, left , the :Ventspils harbor. rrior t…
  • p. 62 …The first boat in Which Anderson and Dr. Ginters were traveling managed to escape and reached…
  • p. 69 …It is also Hahn's belief that Andersons (an Anflltree from Sweden who arrived in Latvia…
  • p. 78 …by s reporters in Plant (Najas) that Andersons Auld like to meet him. Unable to do…
  • p. 80 …Arnitis, engineer, Anderson, sailor, and Petersons and,Smits, and was:finaaced by SwediSh Church fends, the…
  • p. 135 …Janis/Andersons Was an agriculturalist. He was one of the directors of the "Mezpuiku" organization in…
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8. Janispreste
Son of the famous Latvian Natural Science teacher. Arrested by the
.NKOD and was never heard from.
9. ValdemarXetersons
Member of Hahn f s first anti-communist resistance group in Jelgava.
Now a doctor in Sidney Australia.
10. Mrs..Janscn
Hahn's Godmother, wife of the Latvian ship-owner Janson. Both were
•deported in 1941.
U. CProfessozpirkhans
• Departed the Russians in 1941.
12. (Judge\leikmans
Deported in -1941.
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13. lEruggist:Cerbulis
New in the United States.
PaviAtVipers
. • . and:Roberts Vipers were father and grandfather of . Pavils, though.
.it'wes'not remeMbered which was the former and which was the latter.)
poris.was professor of History and Roberts professor of Art at the
.:UniVerSity of Riga, having arrived in Latvia in1920. The entire •
faiila-managed to infiltrate Latvia so far that they were' .though of
very well, attended numerous social functions, and were considered to
be exCellent scientists. There were two sons in the Vipers family,
June and Pavils. Juris studied languages at the University of Riga.
and Pavils studied forestry in the Academyin Jelgava. Two or three •
years .ago, Pevils i brother, Juris, was mentioned in. the Communist
newspaper Gina as having given some speech regarding the Latvian SR
Theatre. the Communist affilliation of the Vipers family came •
out into the open, the racquaintanCes and friends were extremely our-
:prised about their ideology', which they had certainly been able to
hide tuning all the pre-occupution years with great success. .
15. J ekabsons
NoW%in Australia
16. lizsargi
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