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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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OCUrety !nlcanntIE6n r? r T"" claim that his opposition wets gennine and he was not - removed because the Germans feared reprecussions from the population who in general favored VALDMANIS; others maintain that this opposition was instigated by the Germans themselves who desired that the population rally' around a Latvian leader whom they could control because of his pro-German sentiments. Since, at thatitme, Valdmanis represented the most acceptable political Mitrevics, with Rikards consent, cOntacted him so as to. rid the ,Rikards group .:1)f of the undesirable PERKONKRUST comotation and to gain a new; nationalistic oasis for Atrther . activities. , This contact resulted in an agreement that Rikards.group, -libuilexChange all its information - including covert items-- while Valdmanis would ,:t • • • alrlatest decisions and transctpts from all meetings of the indegenout. . • • ..governing. body. From this meeting Mitrevics retaitced the ivression.that%Valdmanis, • . • .tionai/.. .0•."... . • - . "itt•-ee.Part.'ef the war British Intelligence representatives in Gercianywere8ntic tith4n:- ervice repretentative,Georpililgour, Hahn was informed thatInth ...,,....lt is oteworthy to add that after -the war, when Hahn' wascOntaCtid....:, . . • . . , .- • i. ,:• .., . , . . • ;•••.. .‘2::'..;,. . . •.... . hAteldianis:' . . . In order that a-Latvi political center be created, Mitrevici, felt thaeit...*a. .neCtOary.toeontact Brdno‘t .n . kalnins/89/Who was an important leader of the:sesdiai::',-:.: . ....,. edbb.01s.-- ,.e initial contact was assigned to Hahn who contemPlated:undertakihei Lou '4uri umii eters, This meeting which actually never Occured,,h40J41 .. . .. :: .......s..4.4'.; enf.: Eirrangedi the pUrpcise • behirid it being to detelemine if KilMins.Wished.tVY'''llifia ,....4., sutha Unification. . . • • • em itnurdor , xidd the Feb 1943 the aforementioned officers on,, ; ard the Latvian Legion was formed '44:tbatt • and 76 e'd ' iintilAigd_..a...„.,,q...:.f_iM,tUcha..military body must , -Wa0:-.in-unusUally able individual who excelled in politics and was undoubtely 0....thordUeOlf. .• . ... • .1 .,•. • .., , c !.
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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.