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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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••• 44 -1 n • ti)Ercould just as easily have turned about and jwurney to Sweden after the Russian patrol boats had left, because they were neither being observed nor had the port of Ventspils been informed to expect this tug. Taking advantage of the opportunity all persans on this tug left the tug upon arrival and pro- ceeded to escape. Hahn later found that the following persons had been aborad the "Rota": V&anitajs, fnU\Vaivars /133/ and Sasheimanis /134/.-- (400 In the very beginning of May 1945 Hahn and his friends had heard from • German officers that the German lines would not be able to hold off another overall Russian offensive and that the Germans were expecting this to take place in the middle of May: Consequently Hahn began to make preparations to assume an illegal life as a partisan in the woods of Kurzeme, at the same time alerting"hls stay behind groups. On 8 May 1945 a meeting was held in Kuldiga which was attended by all district stay-behind leaders and their messengers for the purpose of re- ceiving final instructions, however such instructions were not forthcoming as Jansons was in Liepaja conferring with the military authorities, Jankava had disappeared for several days, and Mitrevics was on his way to Sweden. Hy night fall Hahn and Sternbergs had learned that the Germans would, surrender at midnight. Guided by necessity Rahn and Sternbergs gave, the necessary orders, to wit that the stay-behind groups assume the previously planned active opposition to the Soviet occupying forces. Two hours later Jankava arrived and , was shown a copy of the Order to begin the stay-behind activities. Jankava approved, though haeWorded the order in the sense that, now that one of Latvia's enemies had capitulated, there only remains one more to overcome.' Upon parting with Jankavs,' he stated that though he may have acted incorrectIIthe past, he is still a.soldier and will continue to fight, and hopes to. meet Hahn and his friends later. Thereupon they arranged a dead letter :drop and. divided 300,000 rubles of &WW1:2104G Jankavs. SECR'17
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 146 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.