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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. 61 …this convoy of boats, carrying among others Mitrevics and.Andersons, left , the :Ventspils harbor. rrior t…
  • p. 62 …The first boat in Which Anderson and Dr. Ginters were traveling managed to escape and reached…
  • p. 69 …It is also Hahn's belief that Andersons (an Anflltree from Sweden who arrived in Latvia…
  • p. 78 …by s reporters in Plant (Najas) that Andersons Auld like to meet him. Unable to do…
  • p. 80 …Arnitis, engineer, Anderson, sailor, and Petersons and,Smits, and was:finaaced by SwediSh Church fends, the…
  • p. 135 …Janis/Andersons Was an agriculturalist. He was one of the directors of the "Mezpuiku" organization in…
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under his control. In the beginning of July sturisAp .A0en 40,40 to return
to his native area the vicinity of Hirzgale where be,P on1L.nuee his
partisan activities. Prior to leaving he gaveHahn all his contacts which Hahn
subsequently used to great advantage. Hahn later heard that Stuns had success-
fully reached his native area and was receiving sufficient support. Stuns
assistant Lt. fnu . nib's remained in the vicinity of Zlekas and proved to be_ —
extremely active in the fature.
After a 4 days stay in zlekas, Hahn proceeded to the vicinity of Dundaga
where be kept his previously arranged meeting with the Talai group. This meeting .
revealed that this group was by far the largest consisting of approximately 90
me and that the group had contact with other groups in the area who were led by:
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fnu elsbergs f135/,(L4fnu 4bensaks (operated in Engure area), and Major) fnu
blamenkalejs /136/. This group, it was also found, was already at that time
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publishing and distributing news from the free world which they procured via
radio monitoring. Prior to departing, Hahn arranged . a future meeting.
On their way to Lielirbe, whoze they hoped to find news about Jansons
and'others, they met 2 foresters, inn' ankalmm from Olinda and fnLirosnikovs /137/
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froarDundSga. The latter was a friend of Mitrevies and quite anxious to flee to
Sweden. Hahn promised he would see about this possibility and kept these two
foresters in mind as future contacts who had good relations with the Russians.
Prior to arriving in L'el.irbe, Kadikis shot a Russian who happened upon the group.
This created a disturbance and the Russians began combing the ieods, causing Hahn
' and ' his , groupto leave the area and head for theZlekas area-.
(4 1 0 Journeying to Zlekas they found Janis alemanis and 1st Lt. trikkbezgruntnidn
whom they added to the group. Proceeding further they also located war correspondent . :•
Teter's- avejs who also joined the group. Arriving in Zlekas in the end of July 1945
Seoul tilg* group0 kl-.o.,-... .
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. and having two war correspondents, Savejs and .Z Hahn's began
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