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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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.:; Security IniarmaIion C r7,A(. n F.7....7.- q et( Hahn and his friends and those persons imprisoned for criminal offenses. b. This jail then became the detention house for those accused of Latvian nationalism, instead of the former communists. I c. The prison chief Runke was replaced by7 4. Col. Apsitia, a more humane and likeable person. In her letters to her husband the distressed and somewhat hysterical Mrs. Rikards informed her spouse that she feared an SD informant among the seven friends because some of the statements the SD was making to her could only come to the SD via such treachery. When they read this the 7 men considered it so much nonsense and laughed about it. However, later, when in Sweden Hahnwas accused of this by pastor Berzins whose wife was a good friend of Mrs. Rikards and who was apparently spreading this tale giving treachery as the reason. for Hahns early release. 05.) Rahn, Aleksander Grinbergs and Bruno Augens were brought before SD chief Premier on 20 Dec. 1943 and were informed that they are going to be re/eased. .Handcuffed and under guard these three men were brought to Riga where they were released in the following order: Griaberga, Hahn, Rugens. When he was released Hahn was told by Stedery that he was being released because of his father's persistency and promise that he (Halan's father) would vouch for his son;Hahnfs father also claimed that Hihn i emother is very Vill and Hahn is needed at home where his father would see to it that Hahn would not engage in any anti-German activity. Prior to being released the 3 men were requested to furnish any qiformationtheihad , regarding'the newspaper "Briva Latvia" (Free Latvia) which was secretly being published by Gustavkelmins. Failing to reveal any such information, the men were requested to sign a statement that they would immediately inform the SD of any information thy max receive pertaining . to this newspaper. vcurrty ingorrni.,:”on
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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.