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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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Janson himself was also considered a member of the JACiVE.,AND and was , given .1
several, positions, the last one-- at the end of war--being chief of the Political SectiOr/ .
The ranks held by the persons named on A previousAi page are believed to be -
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ficticious and were assigned to these men for cover purposes only. • •
(30 In the „begining of 1945 H was able to contact the illegally living
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....remnants of Kurelis'groUp which had united themselves and assumed the name TaESTURA
-STRA/EUDICI".. (the riflemen of the legendary hero VIZSTURS): This group was led by
Ormei-PolicO/CaptainNpETERISISAMSONS /114/, a very efficient organizer who Was EieSititedi
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ad experience in such illegal life and though they.77 according to.,SamSon,
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nsitted of-2,000 men, they lacked the support the Germans could furnish Consequent. • N
provided them such support as well documents which would aidtheMshoUldvbhe
:apPrehended-by .the Gerpans, because he felt that there was no difterence'*We.
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and s Jansons firmly believed that there would be no..aid . frai- the Geimuin::e
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nee.Mussiahed occupied their country. Consequently they began tO:draw :Up a-4001*r
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41-i'.:WhiCh would Unite all illegal and dissident elements in Latyia,'Whichi•in'eaSe
Complete Russian occupation, wOuld place themselves at the disposal ofsUch*OWat„,
-WhiCh4ould . guarantee Latvia its freedom and independence; oblniklusAi4;(4':
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'beek'bf . theiriainds, they hoped for aid from the Western4eMocracies....
• Of March 1945 the news. arrived ..that a boat .fTem.Sweden'..
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arr*Ve4er:..:th.e:purpose ..Cfexfiltrating some.perdona...-SOthat'a:parahn;:reprsaint:.-
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elements could he pent to . Sweden, but had no anifiekti:!.te:speak
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