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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…
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. Skobe advised also that Hahn should continue to ooperate with LUXINS so that his .striv- .
. ing to aid the partisans not be discontinued; at the same time Skobe also premised to
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Continue to work toward their mutual goal, kir i.e. assistance to the partisans, as soon
as be would arrive in England.
00) In the spring of 1946 two,fithing boats arrived in Sweden krom Latvia.
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The first one arrived in March 1946 and carried 5 fisherman from Ventspils. Two of ,
theope--had come to Sweden before the end . of the war, about faWi945, when they .fled .
I -fram.:the Germans. They returned after the end of the war as they believed the Russian
prepogako that Latvia was free. Having seen this "freed* they decided to flee their.
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• -.-h001And once more. Hahn eniy recalls the nmme of one of these five-PRIEDOLS PEE:0014. . ..• . _
Hahn does not recall if he was one of 'those two wlio came to Sweden for the . second.
• tine. These five were first .contacted by H. Gintars who debriefed them and gave.Eahn" ... :.,..• . •
MemOy'liOiCh he in turn sent to Zarins (Lat. Ambassador to England). Hahn made a copy '.':!.
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'. ,Elf:'thia'fdebriering which . he'.,igve to -Kalme who incorporated this into his beak . "Tetal : TekrO.. . • •••
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. . .These men related that NAKSIS fail into Russian hands inthe' vicinity of his• fati.C:ti.
-,1C4Iones house in the district of ZIRAS. Another interesting fact they related was
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or Hahn( and his friends left Latvia they caused a great deal of axoitment .wiiiCh:.
suited in the renewal of the reepeetive border guard ommundAmitd, that thoigraup•Ceii - •
-stheir retreat had remained-at the shore until four o'clock, in the .morning (mmkiii*
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..'.''''.1.'...-.tótai of 8 hours that they covered those fleein4 and that this .gpoup; 'during their:,
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shore ..WatOki -oept4sd a Russian soldier on patrol duty.
••••"..,.• .Th. five .fishermen . remaizied in Sweden and to Hahne knowledge have not .beein-
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-• .. The second boat arrived in Sweden from LlKpAJA -Crryine .foir..(4) • youths,
These, two were first iêtsgatfinwpArt(4 040.*:) boys take an oath to
OatOe On*** H. Ginters;',ShOl* riCAE‘Spite : ihie . Oath two of jhen
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