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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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  • p. 1 …his life story.. .whiChAW:. . t .:;:l. had. never told to anyone' in -1,such detail and…
  • p. 4 …eventually almost disap peared, though he really never changed his basic ideas of free enterprise. From…
  • p. 9 …of freedom, and a person who had never talked that way before. Hahn, who realized the…
  • p. 10 …such articles should never be written and that-the way that . • Hahn hat eipressed"Iiinieelfwaf -triiite…
  • p. 13 …nationalistly motivated group and would no doubt never fight for the Communists! Since Valdemars frequently travelled…
  • p. 20 …Category C - Those persons who wished to join this organi- zation but who had never been…
  • p. 23 …This statement coincides with the truth : , never has Hahn noticed any press mention of Rucelis while…
  • p. 35 …4uri umii eters, This meeting which actually never Occured,,h40J41 .. . .. :: .......s..4.4'.; enf.: Eirrangedi the…
  • p. 51 …opnOrtUtity•te - '.fleejo-Seeden...,MitrevicsMhd..jiad really.,never.Stopped'his.actiiitiSpt -.-,WaS-:.aceepted;:,,eventhough he too…
  • p. 61 …Hahn was requested to reply by indorsement which he promised to do but which he never…
  • p. 64 …He took along 20,000 rubles and has never been heard of since. On 15 May…
  • p. 68 …know, began to complain that the "Colonel" never appeared in person, and should make at least…
  • p. 75 …d never catch bum '0.n'3 Oct 1945 Iiedainie and DamamiS.Were arrested in the…
  • p. 77 …he was having built, the cut-outs never returned. Hahn clamis that the reason they were…
  • p. 84 …Obviously -Hahn never knew the contents of the messages received and sent in this fashion; but…
  • p. 85 …Svikis, (whoa H terms very ambitious), for this as well as personal reasons, never revealed any…
  • p. 86 …SVANTESSON was and convicted on a charge of misappropriation of funds, as he never admitted his…
  • p. 87 …Later Zarins informed Hahn that he had never received this report whereupon Hahn sent him another…
  • p. 93 …Hahn claims that he never oceived the debriefing of these;he does not know whether Ginters…
  • p. 94 …Lukins:never -nantiOned either of,these.names to fialliSteinto,4spoks of only ono. Now •%k
  • p. 99 …TILBURY) never had been, is not now, and will never be Ale to procure recurits for…
  • p. 102 …This BILESKALNS never had the opporutnity to do. On the other hand, VaLDEMAR related to Hahn…
  • p. 104 …which would be'completeLi divorced from and never revealed to the Swedes and/or TILBURY. At…
  • p. 109 …SKOBE further mentioned that the DS will never fully understand Latvia
  • p. 113 …Nevertheless, Hahn stated that because of political differences they would never be able to come to…
  • p. 116 …Arrested by the .NKOD and was never heard from. 9. ValdemarXetersons Member of Hahn f s…
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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.
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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.
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