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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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Rikard further explained thel' H's true aim would be to observe the inner
workings of the SD as well as its pies and intentions in Latvia. It mas
then that H was informed that Martins Balodis was already assigned to the
coutnit 7
SD and working in the same overt as well as convert capacities; H with his
excellent German language qualifications was to replace Balodis, who
, could not handle this language. Balodis was therefore recalled to his
original assignment in Rikard's group. H accepted and was assigned to
SD, Abteilung III, and worked in its card file section. The chief of
Abteilung III wasi CaptaitijAebram; We immediate supervisor, the chief
of the cajrd file section, was Sgt. Fritz' Grimm of Westfalia, whose assistant
was(Bgt ltz of Bavar4. (It was Goltz who later arrested H.)
The following persons (Latvians) also Were in the service of the SD,
but not i1ith. the covert assignment that H had: (Wra .?'Alos/69/Akra Vidins
14azprecinieks/70%; Vilis\Bema ../724 FHBIRodUns /734 Olgerts .I /70i,
tDreimañis/74/,‘ L. rmalia/75/, FITIPEI.edis /76/, FRUIZarins /77/, Brno°.
-/78/, JanikBankavs.../79/, YNOFetersons /804 FIR4Didrichsnne./814
Geide /824 RKB/Popove/83/, IFNU s /84/. "40f.
Working in this capacity H had the opportunity -- being very cautious--
occasionally to glance at the records of more or less famous and outstanding
Latvians, known organizations, and Aituation reports. Occasionally H had
the opportunity to get a glimpse of some very important documents, which
were !mown in the Latvian circlei-as "bombs". One such, and possibly
, the most important document which Hahn saw was Himmler's and Modem's /85/
. disputed and proposals regarding future plans for German colonization of
Latvia. /86/. H also had the opportunity to see and later report to-the
individuals concerned, information pertaining to such individuals' anti=
Security .1:..1n.nr.c.,!7on

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