Documents / FOIA release
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.
Secuilty Inicrx.-rzon -.SECRET 3C somewhat of . a hodge podge fashion. The chiefof the information section theTifore became Hitrevics, whose assistant was Teodef. s Jansons. Under 'trevie's julisdiction and direction came Romans Sternbergs, Hahn, and later Robert •Krastins....... • (17) With the replacement of Liebram by Schlesinger, .who became chief of Abteilung III of the SD in the begiming of 1943 the relationship between the SD and Rikarda group became strained. Shortly after his arrival, Schlesinger personally' -visited the headquarters of Rikard's group (which incidentally was the first time that. •anyl German official had made an inspect:Ion of this headquarters) ostensibly for the purp Of acquainting' himself with the workings of the organization. However it was soon found:. that he paid very particular attention to the informations section and requested ilitrevics to furnish him the names of all sources of information, whichHitreVics refused to do. Hitrevics based this refulal upon the fact that when recruited the sources were promised anonomitv. Immediately after this visit preparations were made to notifyali:",• sources to discontinue their reporting, in case any reprucussions from the German were to appear; preparations were also made to hide all existing comvetA records if sue need arose. It must be noted that a certain feeling of expectancy existed.• Hahn. • ..Sterebergs.then prepared a lengthy essay entitled "German Latvian Relations" which.depiet' .Wmtrous antm-Latvian acts by the Germans and which contained a' Warning that.... • - • •. Conditions were to continue, an open and possibly armed conflict between the German ..4Ccupying authorities and the Latvian population may occur. Though this was far. • being a diplomatically Worded document, Hahn feels that it was the beat that he has:.. - , -• • •- ever Written•because it.showed the conditions as they truly were. This docnment..wesy Ven-to: .Ritcard wh&.- circumventing his next step in the chain of -caMmand, -in ;41':'‘.'. . • . . •. . " • . . . . rinaMitted it direCtly:to some highly placed persond in BerlinThe:resUlt..was:tha's no doubt . the ilocal SD was reprimanded and prepared to take:corrective steps.. -•Utittify inkinvc" ,oh • •'iiL L.
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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.