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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.

ear. They had arrangements for cOnta raflio sets remaining in Kurseae-
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ws(52) All preperations e.efer4kerticiit to leave on Jl October 1945.
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departure was sucessfULly completed at 8PH and was covered by the remaining
group which consisted of:6 HAKSIS KIERPE, group leader who did not desire to leave
because his wife was working in Riga as a teacher, having. participated iwith her
husband on th e ill-fated attempt to flee to Sweden on the ROTA. She as a woman
was released, while her husband later escaped from confinement.
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t JANIS ( last name unknown) radio operator
EDUARDS ( last nano unknown) former policeman
Li ALHERTS(last name unknown) former policeman
D. Hahn t s Post-war activities
along WithAother Latvians arrived in Sweden
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from &weenie in a fisherboat, having left Latvia from a Anish wharf near the village
of ATRIUM, four kilometers from the village proper. They arrived in Gotland at
the fishing village of Ljugarne (south of Slits) after a 20 .4our trip without any
difficulty. The other, persons in the boat were:
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Hahn and SkObe came out of Huisemewith the assignment Which, was in part
self imposed, to seek contact with a friendly Western nation so as to organ/i!
a return, if possible du'ring that saaftelayoi•. arliiire tiko liter than the following
. (1) On 31 October 1945 Hahn

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