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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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97. -14- / 3 • resistance of the Chief of the Latvian Operation Staff, V. Yankava, of the S.S. Jagdverband-Ost. After the capitulation he appeared in Sweden, where he directed the newspaper "Latvijas Va!rds" (Latvian Word). On my arrival in Sweden, he tiled to convince me that he was my chief andiin this way attempted to secure all information on the Kurzeme Partisans from me which I refused hire. About 1946, he left Sweden for Norway, then to Holland, later went to Germany, is now in the U.S. 95. AleksandrelAkmentine --_—... . Was a radio engineer (called "Professor"), was lecturer on technical radio subjects at the Latvian University until the summer of 19144. In the fall of 1944, he worked at "PPS" building radio sets and recruiting operators who were installed in the Vidsemes Partisan was 1::::imprisoned in Gen. Kurala groups. He found himself under the c of a tough FrontanAlming Trupp of 212 Riga, , but he despite disappeared this, . he He cont wa ' d, and shortly before the fall headquarters at Dumdagas "Annahute" where he was personally interrogated by the SD Ccemmmiant D. Lange. After this he was joined to the Lat- vian Operation Staff of the SS Yagtvefbund Oat. At the end of 1944 he was ordered from Russia to Clammy to build the *tin radio station for the legtverbund. He returned from there in April 1945. He devised the signal-plan system for the SS legdverbund Latvian Operation Staff. After the capitulation he managed to keep 10 radio-sets. He tried to 'join the PPS group in the woods but through some misunderstanding was unable to make contact and lanky 12, 1945 he was detained by the Russians at the Males building. His apa4ment in Riga, in the fall of 1945 was still a coke (NUE) trap. According to the latest infor- mation,from Latvia, he is now working in Riga "VEY" as a construction engineer. His wife was in a Western zone in Gannercy in 19115 where she was trying to locate her husband through newspaper advertisements. 96. KrisjaniA..sKronin -1;;-a Latvian "Kartatikas" (lake:ri g s group) worker from 1941 to March 6, 1943. In the fall of 1944, he was a PPS worker in Vidseme. In October 1944, together with his wifellartu, he attempted to escape to Sweden. In the beginning of December 1944, he was arrested by the SD on suspi- cionoof trying to escape to Sweden. Due to my intervention, he was freed December 31, 1944. After this, he worked until the capitulation in the Ventspil SD, in the section coMbatting Russian partisans, di- rooted by Hauptsharfuhrer Sutter. He meanwhile carried out PPS assign- ments unofficially. After the capitulation, he tried in vain to find. the "P.P.S." central communication bunker near Lielirbes. He was de- tained twice by Russian "combing-patrols" but managed to escape. He wanted to join Puses partisan group, but, probably in connection with thin, he was arrested for treason. According to Valdenars , information, his vi,fe is living with her mother in Krimuldas pagasta (district). FORIT SECURI 1; INFORMATION
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