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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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Ginters, though sympathetic, related that donditeons had changed for the better, in that'
' contact had been made with the Tibare who again seemed to be interested in the Latvian
area. This seamed to solve the financial support problem and therefore Hahn acquainted
Dr. Cinters with Lukins new project (Dr. Ginters knew Lukins well from previous days
411 well as all the details of the latter l s abortive operation). In the interim Lukins
had procured sufficient funds to purchase the needed beat and also contacted the
Swedish state police (Statspolis) among whom he had many /ii frimnds who premised
him technical aid. However, since in the same mobth of that year an agreement between
the Tibars and Tilbury was signed stripulating that Tilbury is to be the sole Latvian
in charge of Tiharo operations ' in the Latvian field; only on this condition did Tilbury .;
consent to work for the Tibars who accepted this condition. This Tiber's/Tilbury
agreement was told to Lukins by his contact in the state police who farther told him
that he is forced to withdraw all promises because of an order fees the top and that
henceforth the Swedish authorities would cooperate only with Tilbtry in any and all
Latvian operations.
(13) Although Dr. Ginter° had originally stated that he could procure supportH
for Lukins planned operation, it later developed that Tilbury did not agree.tolhie,
forcing Dr. Gintere, who Hahn later found was subordinate to him, to accept Tilbury
cisian, which caused Lakin° to believe that Dr. Ginters had evil intentions and there-
fore Lukins (who is very temperamental) broke with Dr. Ginter.-- therfore also with
Tilbury because he not only felt deceived by Dr. Ginters but also did not agree with
Tilbury political views as these were the views of the LCP. having•
WILLOWARNPATAL decided to await farther results of.thisnew Tilbarenbara arr
-angement..
In July 1948 Dr. Ginters contacted Hahn in the hopes that he (Dr. Ginter.)
could persuade them to work with the Tilbuullailmmt, lytApetelelpinion , 111 the maim'
reason for Dr. Ginters desire to have Hahn arirbiiifiiera4ejoi in tilbsu7 group Was
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