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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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Security Informaflon, /O7 C cr . • advised to H was "don't give them (the LCP) anything you ave, ecause they'll just '. extract everything from you and then throw you away like an old, useless, dry ?Lemon. " ) At this time the PPS and the Viestura Strelnieki agreed that at the time of German surrender, the Latvian Legion should also become an integral part of the StaY-behil . I ' elethents. For the purpose of discussing this matter, Jansons and Samsons.— with1 Jarikeve knowledge-7- contacted the remaining Latvia,: ranking Officer of the Latvian 1Legion(GO1)Robert4Osis /UV who they 'felt was sufficiently qualified and accept- able :to become the chief of all partisans when the Germans capitulated. Geis, llOWeVer;-:;: _ declined the Offer, because he felt that his place was with his regiment, the the ont:,.:-.1 •IfiVerthelees,:Jansons, fully convinced Of the need to bring the tatvien:Le''' ci: the stay-behind fold, continued t.. explore this possibility With Other t.:01:Cere. Mejerl\FTIPNIENS/120/ ( gajo)1Kocins/121/and Lt) ta.EavaLinstumizorp: Iiis.effozts'wore, - however, in vain, because all.. 6fficers' 'could not see the peCeari ....'or'ganiie such's matter prier to the capitulation. .. (35,f In•Decemtier 1944 Valdernars who was awaiting transportation to.!sWederilii0 by the German authorities and threatened with 'a courts'. desertiai 212. • " .90111b Ixxt gvoup to which he Was aSsigned . conducted. can requesti desiar- s- inialediate supervisor, to furnish an explanation'. H:claime he told it gating officers that Valdemars vras sent, to the vicinity of JUR/41+1F, to Obserfe. • • he activity there. 7 'Vaitirkutpt later informed H that the Germans had showed estatdient:',„iff , iH that H 'confirms the fact that Valdeiars had without proper authority absentig elfiltote!his ...pat of -duty.' H claims _he explained to,,YaldeMars: that: thie::.obViOU:s: = a'.eleVer;fOrgery:ind,.:ACcoi-ding to Hahri-, accepted this ezPlanation, ,,thht!. "'''' e'wee''ednyiiicekt;hat:it:.4( .:had .,,aetually written. such' report..) had beenihIrged'c.:witfi'bei;ig,.0.iciL. and intlii,ieen : - 10,0054*. and having ,se attempting to escape Latvia, Pxt Bi]Q4h3 promise,0!...r -
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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.