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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. 19 …Hahn and decided to proceed to the headquarters og he Perkonkrus because they heard rumors that…
  • p. 22 …Cerins is the editor now. . *..(8) The Headquarters flof the Rikard group was located in.Riga…
  • p. 29 …covert members who were reporting to the headquarters through the open mails. On this trip Hahn…
  • p. 32 …Shortly after his arrival, Schlesinger personally' -visited the headquarters of Rikard's group (which incidentally was…
  • p. 37 …group Headquarters closed, the organization.discOntinued, -and '00* ditg (the. *CA) Was.henceforth occupied bYthe'SD…
  • p. 121 …He accompanied Hahn to the Headquarters of the Swastika League after Habn i s organization disbanded…
  • p. 128 …he He cont wa ' d, and shortly before the fall headquarters at Dumdagas "Annahute" where he…
  • p. 133 …In the fall of 1944 was the Command- ing Officer of the Headquarters detachment of Gen…
  • p. 137 …with special instructions from SS Yagdverband Oat Headquarters. Until the capitulation he was the assistant to…
SEr,IIRITY INFORMATION
72- VilisiHems
Entered the Riga Crammer School #2 in the fall of 1933, which he
left in the fallowing year
He worked in the SD III section in 1942, ^in the Information branch.
The Director was Wolprecht. In the end of 1944 and beginning of
1945, worked for Ventspils SD. He stated that he had left his
mother (possible sister) in Rira.
73. frnkodums
In 1941 was i Latvian "Kartotekas" worker in the property appropr*-
ation section. In July 1941
After this he worked in the SD III section. He was one of those that
gathered compromising material about the "L. K." In the beginning of
. 1944 he was one of the founders of the pro-German political organiza
tion "Lidumnieki". In the and of 1944 was•Inthe Yogdverband 0St"
in Germany, directing the Latvian political section.
74. OlgerirDreimanis
75.
Attended Riga grammar school #2, 1933 to 1938, then studied Juris-
prudence in the Latvian University. Was a Berber of the "corporation",
"Letlonia". Was a Latvian "Kartotekas" (Card file) Worker in 1941.
In the beginning of 1942 went to the SD III section. In March 6, 1943
he was imprisoned but was quickly freed and continued to work in the
above-named section. After the capitulation he was in the fres zone
in Germany from uhich he' emigrated in 1948 to Australia with his wife
.Gerdu,
LeondFurmalis—
Worked for SD In section in 1942. After the capitulation was in
Sweden, where in 1946, Tstensibly on the orders of the former Criminal
Police Commissioner, A. Ozolina, he gathered information out 'Latvian.
refugees in Sweden.
76. flaUhriedis_
Was a worker in SD III in 1942.
77i fn4Zarins
Directed a group of interrogation officials (consisting of 6-8 Latvizins)
. .
in the SD III in 1942.
,78. HrUnieks .
Finished Riga Grammar.SchoOl 0 in 1937.
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