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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.
Secn.rily SEUE I . -6- Hahn's friend, would not only give Hahn the needed practical experience, but would also provide Latvian nationalists a way to aid the oppressed farmers, as well as an opportunity to earn some money.- Since Hahn, because of the currency reform in which most all Latvians lost their savings, could not expect his parents to pay for his schooling, he returned to Riga, procured such a surveying position, and was instructed to pro- ceed to Ekejiene, near Cesis, where he was to work in a survey- ing team consisting of four Latvians. Upon arriving Hahn found that he was the last of the four members, the other three having gotten there before him. Feeling that such work would not proceed without complete Communist control, the other three men naturally assumed that Hahn was the Communist supervisor. Hahn, on the other hand, felt that inasmuch as the Communists must certainly give such an important job to at least pro-com- munist thinkers, these three surveyors must be very profound Communists. Shortly thereafter they all realized that every one of them was a true Latvian nationalist And found that they were able to aid the farmers so that they did not lose as much land as the Communists had planned. Hahn remained on this job two months, after which time he proceeded to Jelgava in order to continue his studies. While attending the Academy Hahn resided in the house owned by Mrs. Brumelis, who was Pastor Kulitis's wife's mother. In the beginning of the semester Hahn was active in the student chorus group and became assistant to the chorus's direc- tor - Medins. A celebration heralding the opening of a new school year as well as era for Latvia, was organized. The principle speaker at this aratVwas the head of the com-' munist-domin ged Latvian Governm Btlf-Kirche teins ,. The student chorus group Was scheduled to open the ceremony by singing the International. However when-the time arrived it was found that the Director, Medins,was absent. Consequently Medina' son took it upon himself to lead the chorus and when the International was to be sung it was found that only a few voices were heard, one of which was Hahn's. Seeing that the greater majority of the chorus did not sing, these few voices also Stitisided; The NKVD investigated this incident, with no radical results following. Hahn, however, was removed from the position of Administrative Assistant and Medias, who claimed ta-be ill that day, was interrogated at lengthAnd-was completely-in7 active for a short while thereafter. With the beginning of this school year Hahn began to toy with,the idea that some resistance to the present occupying regime should be initiated. Frequent travel from Jelgava to Security d
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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.