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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…
-_ anich was in the forest near-The—Lake Usma , the second being with the group
that covered Hakes departure, and the third being in Ventspils operated by the afore-
mentioned JAUNZEMS • Hahn was also to find shoes and clothing which he was to send
back with the infiltrating group. Although Hhad a signal plan for the radio set held by
the group which covered his departure, it was feared that this set may be too weak to
send, and therefore arrangements were made that in such ease this group would transmit
mgogoogggi to Hahn through one of the other sets. On two previously arranged days
of each month a reception committee would await the boats until the following years
this was a precaution in case radio contact could not be established. Later Mildemar
reported that the group which covered H l e retreat was arrested at night in January 1946, •
and completely liquidated. The leader of this group, MaksilOierpe, fell into Russian
bands after being wounded. Jo at4e4S'
.. (2) Shortly after H i s arrival in Sweden the first Latvian who visited him was
Hug o Ginter., Secretary of Latvian the CA in Stockholm, and Latvian pastor Janis
Svikit. Both of these individuals had flown to Gotland from Steckholm and therefore
had arrived one day before Harlis!rt_s_of Tepfers group. Svikie and Ginters viewed
this arrival if these seventeen persons as the follow up Of an infiltration *operation which
they (Svikis and Ginter.) had orgehised two weeks before. This infiltration consisted
of : Arnitis, engineer, Anderson, sailor, and Petersons and,Smits, and was:finaaced by
SwediSh Church fends, the church being interested in removing from Latvia as many
clergy .men as possible. is mentioned previously this operation was keown to the NEVD
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already in Sefttekber of that and Hahn had heard about it through his underground
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03) Informing Ginter, of the arrangements of reception as well as possible
radio contact, Hahn and Skobe prevailed upon him to aid them iwtheir assigaments It
shcalChe'noted-raat :Ander H nor Ginter:: were certain who the 4:therm:Otani therefore
after eons Preliminary skepticism did 'find finally a coo friend Heinriclui s Urkis; re-!
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