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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.
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t.•• . •. . . 7ti. : • •••-••tiati •■ti beginning ofebrliry Prof6sor';Pauls4alenieks Liv, a botany' ' • • professor at that time', called Hahn to him and informed him . that he was to report to the Jelgava City Executive Committee, . which was located in the former city hall. In the talk with Professor Galenieks Hahn sensed that the professor felt quite odd in ordering Hahn to what at that time seemed an inevitable fate. In answer to Hahn I s question as to the reason for this, .Galenieks replied that he was not knowledgeable of the reason and that possibly some job or other must be done; nevertheless Hahn did not find out the reason for his impending visit. Al- though Hahn was not certain of what this visit would bring he took all necessary precautions by informing his co-workers that , he must visit the NIC4.,and that the possibility may exist that they may force him to become an informant. Hahn's friends - advised him with somecteluctancy that if such A job were offered to him that he take it. At home he told iMrs:■1HrumMel the:apart- ment house supervisor and owner, that she was to burn all .in - criminiting evidence if he did not return within two hours. . He later found that she, fearing the worst, burned everything . immediately after he had left. . Upon arrival At•the city hall ' Hahn found the Chairman of the Executive Committee awaiting .him. After some preliminary questions the Chairman informed ' Hahn that he had a job for him which would enable him to make some extra money. This job consisted of taking inventory of all'textile apores in Jelgava, this being in accordance with the nationalistic program. The interview was curt and brief and ended withZthe.Chairman's instruction that Hahn wait for :a while. Hahn'was . conducted to a room where he waited all : alone for a Short ,period of time. Then the room was entered , 1.1 FRU1g I lnikovs 7; Melnikovs sat dawn in a cor.A.ELLWID., e Z21 - by an individual do Hahn later found was the Chief of the ner of the rhom a ifird-Etthing for a prolonged period of: • time during which Hahn became very uncomfortable, Then slowly Melnikovs began his interrogation, which lasted for three hours • • .with the And result that Melnikovs did not like two points re- garding Hahn. -- (a) Hahn's activitic4,x0hin the Mazpulks (the Latvian 4H Club), and (b) Hahn I sIbidlintction with the fra- • ternity Celonija.. Having committed himself to nothing Melnikovs • left. Hahn was ft:treed to wait for half an hour and passed this time by attempting to gain some knowledge of his fate through' listening to . the subdued conversations next door. In this at- tempt he was.,.'not successful. When Melnikovs returned he in- formed HahnAhat he could go, to which Hahn replied that he desired to know whether he could have the lob, Melnikovs • • answered 'curtly and In the toneof_Pgo away-UttIe boy, you bother me" and said . flyou will be notified later". .After this episode Hahn felt that he now had to be • mare careful because he was known to the NICVD. Through Secur3fy .. 7
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 146 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.