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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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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
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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;-:;:
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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.
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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
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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.
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'Vaitirkutpt later informed H that the Germans had showed estatdient:',„iff
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elfiltote!his ...pat of -duty.' H claims _he explained to,,YaldeMars: that: thie::.obViOU:s:
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