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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…
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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