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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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Seasrify,Vorma/ion - . (18) At this same time, ifitlEi. German occupying aUthoritiss Sensed that the population begin to resist them :though mostly in passive rather than active. ways. To rid themselfes of such internal, indigenous dislike and opposition, the Germans embarked on a vigorous propoganda campaign to "enlighten" the population.. For this purpose they assigned German civilian employed by the Civil Administration to tour Latvia and speak to the inhabitants. To aid these speakersWith the language, .Hikards group was requested to assign an interpreter to each speaker. H was assigned.• to this task and standing, alongside of the speaker, interpreted his speedh• as hav . fit On one occasion the speaker scheduled to speak before • typical farm grou . requested Hahn to "suggest a good Lativan song which could be sung at the concliiiion'..o his speech. H suggested "God Bless Latvia" (DIEVS SVETI LATVIJA) • the former Latvian national anthem which was forbidden by the German atithorities. 'After the'lecturer..had':7' • departed be expressed his appreciation to H for having suggested a song which was , ung with such obious enthusiasm. To his quarry as to the origin and type of song,. . , . . .:replied : that it its an old, patriotic song. In general . the speaker was .so imrreas. with H's ability as an interpreter that he told H that after the war the tWin.orth an travel through Russia on a similar assignment. ,...Later, however, -upon returning to Rig, H's real intentions were.aPpeare.n dec.:Need by the Civil Administration. He was therefore infonped by a . friend .w.ho'..vbr 4n:the'political section of the Cita Administration that appropriate, derogatory. . ifeinarks .,regarding ..his conduct were entered in his • Hahn . feels that..thie,e not of • itself, • vas at least AV another contributory reason for his inibsAUent Oitre.ent:3,on. (19) BY this time Al.red ALDMANIS'hid 4iiirPressed his eomPetitor. GUS , • a:.and emerged as the indigenous Latvian er who, though eporisiii:ed...iinVeu .v.:thei:-Gerniacs; did occasionally, quite openly, , opposed then; ..„such. bpposit ••••' • owever, was tolerated by the 'occupiers : because'of ..thi.e .:thefe,-'uOW. int OPinien-aniting •;inTiiiential anaCtFdraiiitiefitOidkil‘6,1,0di 0 =
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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.