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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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SeCUr2C/11 L • f•=7::••••■ 4, (.! 7 during the early Dlmanis days and which Ulmanis has always held against him, Antons was not given the position in the adminis- tration of the city of Riga for which General Balodis, second in command to Ulmanis, proposed him. As with most dictators, Ulmanis attempted to instill a liking for his regime in the school children of that day. This affected Hahn and his sisters to such an extent that occasional arguments between Hahn and his father arose in their home. In order to keep peace in the family Hahn's father slowly became reserved in his anti-Ulmanis attitude until he reached a point where his differences with Ulmanis be- came quite mild and eventually almost disap peared, though he really never changed his basic ideas of free enterprise. From 1935 until 1940 Hahn's father was Chairman of the Latvian Parent Teachers' Association. Through this position he on occasion had the opportunity to talk to Ulmanis in person, as a result of which his anti-Ulmanis attitude was softened to some extent. To add to his accomplishments in Latvia Hahn's father also assisted in organizing the YMCA, of which he then became an honorary member. (2) During his early childhood Hahn was a sickly boy and suffered from chronic tonsillitis and some minor heart ail- ment. Because of this, at the age of five his parents sent him to the Riga seashore (henceforth referred to as Jurmala) where his mother owned a house. Until the age of nine Hahn spent his winters with his governess in Jurmala and resided with his God- father during the summers on his farm in Dzukste. In 1927 Hahn entered the Bulduri Grammar School in Jurmala, which he finished in 1933, having been the top student while attending this school. After an aptitude test which indicated his aptitude in the aca- demic fields, Hahn entered the second Riga city high school, which he also completed as the top student. During his high- school days Hahn developed the idea that it was the city life which was so detrimental to his health -- though he well realized that his active and enthusiastic participation in sports was aslo to some extent the cause for his heart ailment, and therefore the idea began to shape in his mind that he would like to choose his career in the field of agriculture so as to be able to work in the country and. " get closer to mother nature". Although his mother and father objected to this Hatiii,Thaving passedlhe'Riga University entrance examination as one of the top aspirants, entered this university and began his studies in agriculture in - 1938. In 1939 the faculty of the Agriculture School was detached from the University of Riga and transferred to the Jelgava Academy of Agriculture. Studying during the winter, Hahn worked on farms in the vicinity of Jelgava during the summers, nqt only to gain practical experience, but also to improve his health. In Jelgavi Hahn excelled in agriculture theory but -- as a city resident throughout most of his life -- he lacked the practical experience, with the result tbgt,his accomplishments at the
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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.