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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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• SOCUrityAnfOrmatirm p,44frrs ' b. Through Janis Abolins, who haa 6eao-nahn's group's radio operator. Abolins had been apprehended by Russian patrols, but was released after at least a month in a screening camp. After he had traveled to Riga, he procured a job in his former place of employment, the Sampeteris radio station. In the end' of July 1945 Abolins journeyed to Kuldiga so as to locate his friends and give them as much aid as possible. He was able to reach Hahn through a nurse in Kuldiga to whom he then monthly brought letters from Hahn's parents and who would then give his letters from Hahn to his parents. These letters informed Hahn that his father is employed as a lecturer in political economy at the Riga University. In answer to Hahn's question,. his 'father informed him that Hahn could spend the winter. -- if he could make his way toward Riga --'either in Melluzi with his oldest sister's mother-in-law, 'Mrs. BiUmanis /139/ or in their empty seashore home in Ayoti. In addition to that, Hahn'e_father related many rumors that were being heard and the fact that Habn's.cousin Julij+zolins . /140/ had returned from Russia and was an NNVD .official in Liepaja. (Ju*s Ozolins disappeared in 1941 when the'BUssiens retreated and Was believed to have forceabli been taken along by the retreating - Russians.) Hahn feels somewhat guilty that Julius Ozolins became a member of the NXVD, because he believes he set a bad example when he was chairman of the Culture Committee in 1940/41 which Julijs Ozolins followed. (45.) , On 3 August 1945, Olgertekbietis.brought the news from Kuldiga that .Jankivs is located in the vicinity of Kabile and is desirous.; of joining Kahn's , group. On this occasion Labietis had brought along Jankavs radio operator, the aforementioned Janis. It was later decided that Jankavs would be accepted and Would be . added to the Central group which was actual/y. led by.Sternbergs,bUt which supPeiedly Was the seat of the fictitious "Colonel". . It is noteworthy that %lackeys was accepted only as.14ccgdfliciailmiglire:Wit not as any leader.. SECRET
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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.