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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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• aufteuk.Wcitkdra Sec:urn . • 417.. SECRET 5 :),------- Vidzeme, H, proceeded to the vicinity of Ass with the appropriate in"; .1 present H can only recall two local groups that of the brothers Karlis,- Peteris; USOVS /1M0/ and that of former Sigulda civil judge and Rikards ' • I the RUSOVS group. However, he could contact Rozenbergs on the particular day when he took to the woods in the community of BIRINI. Taking the opportunity, Hahn visited.1 *is two sisters in 'the vicinity of Sigvlda and persuaded them to flee to Riga, • though, „ they had originally tlanned to remain/ there, fearing the ill effects that the Iife:o . refUgge would hate upon their small children. BecauSeof the speedy advances .of ctions. At .144s 11114---- . 1147.v.541J ! ; brother-in- law fnu.EOZENBER1S.,. The Russian advances at that time prohibited H from contacting:. " urzeme.,Where,- kV was said, Mitievicshad been active since July; RilCards assigned:. -. : ansonEtoitake his place in Riga.• • ' e s. Russi.:In forces, Hahn returned to Riga two days later, on 28 Sept 1944:anti.juat-• '..k. ..• time to -say•: his good-bye's to Rikards who was moving to J.TtJfihE in northern •.. t.,. .",k One Of the last PPS ,taika in Riga was to locate noationalistic and)patrthotic- . • ..famileS„ thilo'when this city would fall into Rusaian hands, Would asacociate ian..officers: Any information ' received.in this manner would be .brought t•Cc'the:.r PPS radio operatems Who would transmit it to PPS Hq. in Kurzwse-.. 'During this time . Valdemars and his friend Edgarsis, (101), both pps . ,- eMbers :requested the. 212 Comb Int. group to give them permission to'besiainl.nla and join. .existing, illegal communist undergrdund forces which were awaiting :the -Arrilialofthe'Russian forces and which had attempted to Persuade Ermanis to:joint . . Oreeii iThi:.3 . Proposil was rejected . by the Germans because they had no poseibility.tO;„:. . .. . . • e0k1:00.Ati . authenticity and suspected it may be A provocation attempt. suppertT.SnUeover fromythe..Dermans, Valdemar and ErMania had nO-choice.byt4O,:aban' air plan and eventually leaVe,Riga with the other PPS ,Iiifthe4irst:day of:Ociober . 1944 H ' and . Robirts . .Krastins .14v1; ordered to eretheY)4000in4'suitable quarts fgr . t,hejPS in KULDIGA where th ey Cur7 DI Von : Firks. •,',.Arrivinethere' thettotfiltri!■tr*irksi-Whe was to •fitinish. . . ,
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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.