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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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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. • ., . . . . .
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....: organization : 1.1P0) and was published twice monthly. • .. .
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•*..(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-... •• ... ...••••••
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union Of-..tlese.groups under one leader are obvious, however. difficulty was
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position. . tonsequently . these 3 members of Hahn's group decided to create a•fietiti—OUIP:
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• Colonel who they would Claim is the accepted leader of all partisans in -Kurzene•:.:....
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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:
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