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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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- .• geturtfyid(64.1"0/1• to publish a periodical TevzemeSbijiitiwibait ..(oir Fatherland and Freedom). This paper was distributed through all of Kurzeme and was copied in maw locales for fUrther distribution. This paper contained three types of material: a. Articles in nationalistic style, not only to retain the nationalistic, spirit, but also to enliven and encourage the continuation of such spirit among, the partisans and the populace. • • b. Threats to those Latvians who chose to side with and work for the •.: Communists, calling these individuals by name and relating their deeds. Enlightenment of the international situation which Was : based:;41397. 1 1 •• radio monitoring. • ., . . . . . * -: -.* ..,.., ••• .T.hi Per stated that it was published by the -batviari national r-a.14..1•1)1.Ori..H...-...,••_ ....: organization : 1.1P0) and was published twice monthly. • .. . .. _ . . . . . •*..(42-:).,-. in their' travels throughoutKurzeme Sternbergs, Ki-asiins; and •K•adikis.--•:' ...- ;noted the need for an overall leader who could unite all . gronpa . which at-..that-tiMC.•,.'.•.5-... •• ... ...•••••• . • , • .. . :completely ,-independent ir. and under the leadership of Onindividual The •-•he—iiefite,.:•: of a • •••••••• . • union Of-..tlese.groups under one leader are obvious, however. difficulty was • • .• •••., ..• " . that there was no one with a big enough name or high enoUgh-r8.Pk...to...-as!u7e-:6:11.°:11it:;; :.7:1.;'1;:.:-. . . . position. . tonsequently . these 3 members of Hahn's group decided to create a•fietiti—OUIP: •••• • . •• • „ . • Colonel who they would Claim is the accepted leader of all partisans in -Kurzene•:.:.... • The ,plandestine and Conspiratorial living of the partisans afforded' the -neceeeary,..-7..;::,F. • ea that noOne dared to ask the "Colorel!s u name or his :whereabouts. :••••1:1::-•••:•:-F•1"-:.'",;The.:oritinal.intent.ria.s•first to unite the partisans by stich -; :a•rude and then-stel-,..: find éuch a colonel who could really becOne'the . everen: .••••,1 ; • ..:Though Hahn . personally was, and still is, opPOeed:-..tO: • lmanner -L he rather ,felt that oneof the available higher ranking offiCs: • '4,.!-"r-'•?".-4,:- •
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