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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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(30) After the fall of Riga, H proceeded to Talsi where he joined the rest
of the PPS members, who-in the interim had left Riga with their families. The general
feeling within the PPS was for a move to Sweden because AN ALL Leiding Germans
.lad fled from Latvia and a general sistuation of complete chaos ex.Sisted. From Tals1:-
the PPS moved to Ventspils where in his atteMpts to organize the move to Sweden H
the first time met(Dr) . Ginters who was arranging such journeys. , H requested aid, giving
Ginterse. list of all PPS members. One week later, however, the picture changed,
the fremt was again stabilized and the 212th Comb. Int. group informed the PPS
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the Germans would remaiii\in Kurzeme and continued organizing stay bhhingactiVities:• , .
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er several heated debates among PPS members, it was decided that H, 4aneons,'.!
.Kra'stins . would remain in Kurseme, while the rest, Vaidemars,.Steraberga:ErmaUS:.
1Krenins and radio operator AbOltins'would take advantage of Dr. Gintere aid add
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await boat bransportation in the vicinity of Jurkalne. During this Waiting perio
aidemars who was in possess on of German identification which permitted-him:eas, .
ravel, Utilized this for veryus frangements that had to be made prior to
ciepartUraof. the PPS.
:Also during this time H again met Dr. Ginters and expressed the desire that
'Dr.- :. Ginters-arrange . via his radio contact with Sweden, that those PPSImembers
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OtherS,140.would remain in Latvia. Ginter's replied that he cannot decidei'such Matter*
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as that is not in his jurisdiction but is rather a matter for Gen Tepfers.decision'
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is Was the first time that H had heard Tepfer's name Mentioned in connection
clandestine and resistance activities)-- Rectiving no reply, H, Jameons.i and
astiheASOided to await a rep/7 from Tepfers and therefore Kuldiga in
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e Midcae of October 1944 where they continued to organize staytbahind . groUpsi . .
In the middle of October 1944,, the German th JagdverbandalSolcpowia.::
MtP,GAT .rarriVed„-in.jturame . unde4st aj 17:JANKA
school in Germany, and
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who was the JAGDVE1c lotb'shief, in KURZ
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