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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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0 .1-LcIThe heart and soul of the PPS at that time was Jansons who led the PPS twward
a nationalistic ;:.oal. The reason that Rikards was not accepted into the fold was
partialiy . Jansons fear that the group would acain &nue under Germ,n influence, and -
- partially the fact that the long years in active covert and clandestine work as well
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to Jansons requesting that the latter, who was located in Kuldiga,.appear for a visit
in the vicinity of .Kabile aansons in turn requested that Jalikovs do him the honor
and Visit him in'Kuldiga. However, Jansons soon found it impracticable to continue''-.
.„ ., .bppesing .a person recognized and supported by the Oerman authorities. .Consequently,
...Jansons, found a former friend, Who was on Jankave staff and deoided.to talk to him
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#or,tp . meeting'Jankavs, so as to determine whether ,a spark of nationalism Fxisited.
.:Ahe: jAGAVERBAKID; or whether it was completely . subserviant to the GerMans....Coneequint
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'.'..ly,:.-S.,eons, and Krastinis proceeded to Kabile where they met Jansons fri end...J. ...:'.:....,H,-J7 sons,
ipaps. j102/, !iiiil; they found was quite .pro-German and who indicated that:v.'.
the : iPPS ibUld do best to join the JAGIATEREAKD because the JAGDVERBAED woulkao(Mis:take
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over'alletar-behind activities anyway. The Pro-Germans feeling withinthe,j/40S404*-k
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..i.vmslurther evidenced by "the statements of another of its membert•Lt.i..Pauld:TIK6FE
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Who ..::.mbre..or less. indicated that the Latvians Pmust either win with the Ge
..-..perish". ,.
JanSons met Jankavs and disliked the letters pro-German attitude; therefOrs,
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the PPS continued to oppose cooperation With the JAGDVERBAMD untiLapproxitatelro4S.
week after their -original meeting, the 212th Comb Int group announced that.the:Ota
.-behind:actiVi,ties . were transfered to the JAGDVERBAND. The PP5 was then.4iven:OWiia44..
1:. .hithbr'jOining the ■IAGDMISAND or lose all support from the German aide.in604ontingel,
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o1operate illegally.; This latter poisihility the PPS found impractical and .theifore
q$360, :646in'the . JAGDVERBALD Lith the covert intent.....that..,the:PPS:,bould.:sWay,:theq
1--i4vEnAlip more toward national
•as his incarceration had made Rikards extremly nervous and boought him to drink.
(32) Since the arrival l bf Jankavs arrivma in Kurzeme, he repeatedly wrote .
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