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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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SOCUTI.ty• r> r. 1-1 -; ' • It is noteworthy that Celmins was publishing this paper not so much to oppose the Germans in a clandestine manner as to insure himself -- sensing Germany's defeat -- the possibility of claiming opposition to the German regime. This is easily evidenced by the fact that when his coworkers from the rural areas arrived at his office, they were given a stack of newspapers which when leaving they quite openly carried under their arm. It was later found that the Germans who began to suspect Celmins had photographed some individuals leaving his office with a stack of "Briva Latvia" conspicuously under their arm. Shortly after his release Hahn carried out his previously planned per- sonal affairs by becoming engaged to his present wife who was at that time working as a dentist in Hauna. Though Hahn's wife's mother opposed an early marriage, Hahn who was ordered to appear for military service on 3 March 7.944, , was married by the civil authorities on 2March 1944. On the appropriate day Hahn appeared before the Latvian Legion medical board who declared him unfit for military service because of heart trouble. In accordance with existing pi° - cedures, Hahn, having been found unfit for active service, was.assigned to Police duty in Riga and was actually employed by the Paine Department. At first Hahn was assigned to the 7th precinct whose chief was police(CaptARekis. Hahn's duties were those of an ordinary patrolman pounding a beat. Inasmuch as the. police 'was at that time very unpopular Hahn applied for the position of interpreter for the police. Having passed a test in German proficiency he was given such a . position and assigned as interpreter to the llsth police precinct. As customary, 'Kahn's civil marriage was followed by a regular church wedding which took place . in Riga's Si. John's Church on 9 April 1944 and was performed bi.pastor The wedding and reception was also attended by all of his former Valmiera fellow inmates who had by that time been released. In June 1944 Kahn °clan to think about the advice of lectarer'Abolins, h'sy he should form:a stay-behlrOcAnfiWel'al began to form beCause. Cr: r p 1;7:-L1J .41
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 146 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.