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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. 1 …his life story.. .whiChAW:. . t .:;:l. had. never told to anyone' in -1,such detail and…
  • p. 4 …eventually almost disap peared, though he really never changed his basic ideas of free enterprise. From…
  • p. 9 …of freedom, and a person who had never talked that way before. Hahn, who realized the…
  • p. 10 …such articles should never be written and that-the way that . • Hahn hat eipressed"Iiinieelfwaf -triiite…
  • p. 13 …nationalistly motivated group and would no doubt never fight for the Communists! Since Valdemars frequently travelled…
  • p. 20 …Category C - Those persons who wished to join this organi- zation but who had never been…
  • p. 23 …This statement coincides with the truth : , never has Hahn noticed any press mention of Rucelis while…
  • p. 35 …4uri umii eters, This meeting which actually never Occured,,h40J41 .. . .. :: .......s..4.4'.; enf.: Eirrangedi the…
  • p. 51 …opnOrtUtity•te - '.fleejo-Seeden...,MitrevicsMhd..jiad really.,never.Stopped'his.actiiitiSpt -.-,WaS-:.aceepted;:,,eventhough he too…
  • p. 61 …Hahn was requested to reply by indorsement which he promised to do but which he never…
  • p. 64 …He took along 20,000 rubles and has never been heard of since. On 15 May…
  • p. 68 …know, began to complain that the "Colonel" never appeared in person, and should make at least…
  • p. 75 …d never catch bum '0.n'3 Oct 1945 Iiedainie and DamamiS.Were arrested in the…
  • p. 77 …he was having built, the cut-outs never returned. Hahn clamis that the reason they were…
  • p. 84 …Obviously -Hahn never knew the contents of the messages received and sent in this fashion; but…
  • p. 85 …Svikis, (whoa H terms very ambitious), for this as well as personal reasons, never revealed any…
  • p. 86 …SVANTESSON was and convicted on a charge of misappropriation of funds, as he never admitted his…
  • p. 87 …Later Zarins informed Hahn that he had never received this report whereupon Hahn sent him another…
  • p. 93 …Hahn claims that he never oceived the debriefing of these;he does not know whether Ginters…
  • p. 94 …Lukins:never -nantiOned either of,these.names to fialliSteinto,4spoks of only ono. Now •%k
  • p. 99 …TILBURY) never had been, is not now, and will never be Ale to procure recurits for…
  • p. 102 …This BILESKALNS never had the opporutnity to do. On the other hand, VaLDEMAR related to Hahn…
  • p. 104 …which would be'completeLi divorced from and never revealed to the Swedes and/or TILBURY. At…
  • p. 109 …SKOBE further mentioned that the DS will never fully understand Latvia
  • p. 113 …Nevertheless, Hahn stated that because of political differences they would never be able to come to…
  • p. 116 …Arrested by the .NKOD and was never heard from. 9. ValdemarXetersons Member of Hahn f s…
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occupation on land asvell as in the air, whichWhich points to • "
Rucelis is the fact that he mentioned that he attended the Riga University which 1
• Bulle did not attend. Another indication pointing to Rucelis is the fact that
in his original letter to Hahn he stated that in his (Rucelis) position he IS • 6
, unable to enter into'pUblic affairs. This statement coincides with the truth
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, never has Hahn noticed any press mention of Rucelis while Bale has occasionally.:
., .received such tublicity.
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The above mentioned British request for information ahout,KartintOna-,
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..Stated that Martinsons had studied law in Riga, came from Sweden fx:OSii4le4::,.
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he moved to : Germ:am?, -after the War, and had worked for the :YHCA: Hahn believes
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ha*..Martinsbns , name as pUrposeli,CaM4laged by including
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requeit4Aha,othername, which Cannot be reCalled,.was.that,df.a4Ciaerliid,:
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1.farmer.:.. The letter further bare the following request, that thLietter..itaeW"
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eiititatiately.deitroyed sUbsequent. to memorizingthe names
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Hahh truly could not recall either one of thanameaf,alld::ainCe
could not connect the i'eteris.Martinsons who worked for the Anti4er4tic:...%:
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the..Peteris Martinsons regarding whom the British'Wered.OeSt
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information, Bahn's . rePly"was that he had no information regardinOithiir.
It Was not until much later, when this letter again reCurr.ei*4.
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aim, that the similarity in names as well as incidents regarding Martineoni:::.
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-..considered'Rikard's chief though he rarely if ever interfered irithitiheid!S:AO-pi,iiity.. ,.. • • . .• •
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