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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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Ginters warned H of a second group operating in Sweden, which however, had another
political diredtion -7 meaning Tapfer's group, whiel>at that tine could herdly be
called that, but was rather known generally as th6CP LATVIAJAS CENTRALS PADOKE
Latvian Central Council; the condept of a"Tepfer l s group" as an entity only came
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several years late;-. --Rugo Ginters also warned Hahn andSko of another organisation
'which may ahtempt to contact them. This organization t OK! tvian Assistance Committee
(LAIVIESU PALID2IBAS KOKITEJA), was priaarily staffed by members of the LCP, though a -
MIAIddll minority of its membership consisted of right wing and other elements.
The reason . H . Ginters considered these two bodief as having another political
• direction, was because at the hela of the LCP was Bruno lEalnine who, many Latvians
believed to be much too radical and some even ventured to cell him a communist. TO
Hahn-and Skebe Ialinns, at that time, was very distasteful because during-the first
occupation of Latvia Ealnins had been the political comelier of the Latvian Army.
Regarding the LCP H. Ginters further stated that, Hahn and Skobe be very
careful so that the LCP does not discover their plans for and infiltration, because
the .LCP has in the past and will in the future endeavor to disrupt any and all such
operations. Regarding the Latvian assistant committee H. , Ginters stated that the
ales of this organization werete .said and assist those SIRLILI-Lattriane who had up to that
time already been thle to flee from their occupied country to Sweden; this organization'
,had no provision to aid those still remaining in Latvia. In this meeting Ginter, also
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supreised the thought that the only source of support for an infiltration was the
Swedish Church. Fearing that Hahn would possibly be persuaded to cooperate with =Other
, group (thisd incidentally, is,Hahn4 belief) Ginters requested:that Hahn provide him
;ith thesignal,plin, which Hahn did, however only in part, so avto , insure that H.GiOter
'Undertake no separate contact . With Hahns plan. When Hahn informed Miters that he
• was seeking in Swedena friend and co-worker,Drp1114Jihterb HuShl?intereappereitlY
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7 felt that he would lose control oieroeSsamillbfroligqiakaahrii and Skobe, and adked:.1
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....:the two take an oath that their discus&E Wietd secret.
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