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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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SECRET• - „.• k 3 Secusti I: 711:-.•nr.". 1 (4) The following day the elalt;ee; 'Were -visited by Karlis Ziverts from the Latvian Aesistence Committee. Because they had been warned by Hugo Ginters of this group, it was Mrs. Lejins and Janis Zalcaanis who talked to Zivorts, while Hahn and Skobc regained in the background. In this conversation it developed that Mrs. Lejins and averts were of the same underground organisation(LCP), knew certain paroles, and in general seeeed-to have been working together; it also developed that Mrs. Lejins was working for Swedish intelligence and had a Swedish intelligence identification number. She then related that her work or Swedish intelligence consisted if enciphering and ..deciphering messages which were transmitted . to Sweden frost the location of the LCP coorm section hn the vicinity of Jurkalne. She farther related that during the war she had sent military information to Sweden, which H later, being in Sweden, found was undoubtedly transmitted to the British, who in turn transmitted this information' to thAdr allies the Russians. (Incidentally, later Dr. Ginters told Hahn that it is unwise to build any operational organisation upon the old LCP, because during the war when this organisation was in contact with Latvia its production was not only ..L; :turned over to the Russians through the British, but also Ginters suspected that LCP was quite heavily infiltrated by Communist elthe m nts. Also worthwhile mentioning the'. 'is e fait that one of e , German SD officers fnu .Bruns, had told Hahn on the seventh ,'to eight of March 1945 that the Germans really were not opposed to the departure from Latvia of true Latvian nationalists. However inasmuch an among those fleeing Latvia at that time were many Communist agents the Germans could not permit such unless they were absolutely sure of the person departing.) It was the opinion of Mrs. Lejins that . Gregorijek4kni4 s, Ass/ whoa she was now desirous of meeting, was the person best able .. , toassist her, An assisting those ,remaining in Latvia. From her narrative,. Hahn draws the conclusion that it was, no doubt, Kikulis with whom she was in radio contact during.. the war.. . After these two group dissolved. • visits from tInalAvo t oT112f4glitical elements this exfiltree
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