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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
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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
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- 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.
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It should be noted here that a katwtfr as the Kurelis
group after its commanding officer former Latvian GenaralIKurelis, was formed
with the sanction of the German authorities. This group, the same as ?FS, was
under the direction and supervision of the 212th Comb. Int. group through which
both groups were also supplied. The ultimate assignment of this group was the
same as that of the PPS, thoughcriginally the Kurelis group was assigned the
task of assisting the German Army to protect Riga from a Russian attack. Jansons
attempted t unite the PPS and the Kurelis group by talking to Kurelis chief of
(staffs: Capt. Upelnieks, who opposed such unification because, according to Upelnieks
the PPS was too much under German control and hence not as nationalistic a body
as the Nepalis group. (Hahn and other PPS members differed with this opinion.)
Later, in Kurzeme, in the beginning of November 1944 the Germans discovered
several activities of the Kurelis group which to them seemed peculiar:
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a. Fearing a complete collapse of the German lines in Latvia, the
majority of the 212th CoMb. Int. group returned to Germany. The Kurelia gra410'
considered this as an indication that their responsibility to defend their country
had begun. Consequently, the Kurelis group proclaimed itself as the core of the
Latvian National Army and requested all Latvians to appear for service for their
.country. .. .
b. The result of this proclamation was that a considerable nuMber Of
Latvians joined Kurelis forces. However, many of these were -- as Kurelis Hqtrs
later admitted-- communist agents . and deserters fram the Latvian Legion.
The Chaos, which the fear of a collapse of. the front had created, subsided
aen the German Army and the Latvian Legion were able to stabilize the line.
This enabled the German authorities to consider Kere/is.activities further and
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