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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. 87 …Prior to leaving for Lund, H.- Ginters warned Hahn that there were two Latvians in I…
  • p. 88 …In Feb 1946 Hahn h a speech at the YMCA in Lund where he talked about…
  • p. 89 …In the fall of 1946 Celia-Las stopped Hahn on the street in Lund and informed…
  • p. 146 …Re actively participated in the organized Latvian societies in Lunde. In 1947 he awed to Gotebnrg…
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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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