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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.
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Zczu7ity information . . - c'T r CT 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 %.1 - 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 . • #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 _. . '.'..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 ..:... ....- . - ' . .. . ...-,....... , over'alletar-behind activities anyway. The Pro-Germans feeling withinthe,j/40S404*-k / ..i.vmslurther evidenced by "the statements of another of its membert•Lt.i..Pauld:TIK6FE • .Y..-:',.;:i''''-' 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, • • • 1 • 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, . . , . . , - 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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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 146 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.