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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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had been a NAZI. .r,. Security C 4• When Hahns appointed time had elapsed, he departed and related all the store- going to Punnenovs, who was then more convinced than ever that there was no basis for all the suspicions regarding Oildermanis. In the summer if 1946 Hahn again met COildermanis and requested that he furnish him some Latvian maps which he claimed he needed for his boy scout activities in Lund (Hahn then was a msm scout leader of the Latvian boy scouts at that time just organised in Lund). In reality Hahn needed such maps for Lnkins operation for which he prepared all maps. Cildermanis did furnish Hahn a few maps. In the fall of 1946 Celia-Las stopped Hahn on the street in Lund and informed 1 Hahn that his (Celmsinis') suspiciona of CILDERHANIS were no figment of lamagination as he had proof to support his suspicions. Qlmainis then related that he had an old . . friend, a former Latvian officer, who is working for the Russians in Stockholm, and who at the same time is reporting to the Latvians. This friend, acdording to Celmainis, had written to the latter and requested that he warn Hahn that the Soviets a-knowledge- able of his plans, as he ( this friend of Celmainis) had read CILDERMANIS report of the meeting with Hahn. Celmainis farther memtioned the time, date, place, and duration of Hahns meeting with CILDERMANIS, which convinced Hahn of the authenticity of Celmainis information. According to Celmainis, his friend had informed tthat Cildermanis in his report bad stated that Hahn and his friends are planning a return mission to Latvia and had suggested that Hahn be either recruited and "drawn to" the Soviets or be de- nounced and smeared as working for them because he (041dermanis ) considered Hahn dangerous. CILDEBMANIS final suggestion in this report: to the Soviets, was, that since he.folt it_impOssiblevto recruit Hahn, the second alternative, that ofapreading the, rumor that Hahn is already working for the communists, be used. Hahn then reproadhedCelmAnis for not having told him this sooner as he had had the letter from his friend for 's' a;o0Niffletitch •Cediniinie said that be did not want to destroy Hahns happy family time Hahn had been able to
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 146 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.