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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. 18 …the river toward Riga and on 1 July 1941 saw the advance elements of the German…
  • p. 39 …payment of wages and advances which was the responaib4ity of the chief of the.Admi • . • , , :istrative…
  • p. 42 …the Russians. (260 In the very end of July 1944 the Russian forces which were advancing…
  • p. 48 …BecauSeof the speedy advances .of ctions. At .144s 11114---- . 1147.v.541J ! ; brother-in- law fnu…
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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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