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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.
“The Advance”4 pages
Security informailon • I. FrPET (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 . . the Germans would remaiii\in Kurzeme and continued organizing stay bhhingactiVities:• , . t 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 , 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 — , OtherS,140.would remain in Latvia. Ginter's replied that he cannot decidei'such Matter* • •• • , • as that is not in his jurisdiction but is rather a matter for Gen Tepfers.decision' , 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 . . . 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 , who was the JAGDVE1c lotb'shief, in KURZ . , . - • C.
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