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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.

  • 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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Vidzeme, H, proceeded to the vicinity of Ass with the appropriate in";
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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
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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,
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they had originally tlanned to remain/ there, fearing the ill effects that the Iife:o
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refUgge would hate upon their small children. BecauSeof the speedy advances .of
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brother-in-
law fnu.EOZENBER1S.,. The Russian advances at that time prohibited H from contacting:.
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urzeme.,Where,- kV was said, Mitievicshad been active since July; RilCards assigned:.
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ansonEtoitake his place in Riga.•
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e s. Russi.:In forces, Hahn returned to Riga two days later, on 28 Sept 1944:anti.juat-•
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time to -say•: his good-bye's to Rikards who was moving to J.TtJfihE in northern
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.",k One Of the last PPS ,taika in Riga was to locate noationalistic and)patrthotic-
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..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 .
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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
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Oreeii iThi:.3 . Proposil was rejected . by the Germans because they had no poseibility.tO;„:. . .. .
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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
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Von : Firks. •,',.Arrivinethere' thettotfiltri!■tr*irksi-Whe was to •fitinish.
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