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  1. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0001 (13 July 1960)Hāzners contact report, discussion of materials Hāzners provided, including additions to Central Committee, heads of trade unions, possible REDSKIN candidates, and so on.
  2. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0002 (24 August 1960)Hāzners contact report, a bringing up to date since the last report of June. Most of the discussion centered around sources of information in and regarding the Latvian SSR.
  3. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0003 (4 October 1960)Hāzners contact report, discussion of various information gathered, primarily regarding individuals.
  4. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0004 (7 October 1960)HQ follows up on possibly fruitless intell, but must check, regarding missile sites and military units within Latvia.
  5. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0005 (15 October 1960)American Latvian Association, roster of speakers and areas of interest, includes: a University of Minnesota professor born in Latvia and well-known émigrés: a historian, artist, and politician.
  6. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0006 (2 November 1960)A memo from the Chairman and Secretary General of the Assembly of Captive European Nations (ACEN), on the ACEN-Radio Free Europe (RFE) relationship. The point is made that nameless, faceless political broadcasts are ineffective unless attributed to known and respected individuals.
  7. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0007 (5 December 1960)Hāzners contact report, a potpourri of lists including recent immigrants to contact for information, Latvian Soviet institutions, and concluding with pro-Communist Canadian organizations.
  8. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0008 (16 January 1961)Hāzners contact report, mostly follow-up on various individuals of interest.
  9. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0009 (24 January 1961)Hāzners contact report, mostly focused on various Latvia-related materials, attachments unfortunately not scanned.
  10. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0010 (26 January 1961)FBI report, "LATVIAN ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW YORK DIVISION"
  11. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0011 (9 February 1961)Hāzners contact report, discussion regarding the debriefing of newly arrived immigrant Latvians, list of Daugavas Vanagi former Legion officers, recent photographs to be assessed for intelligence value.
  12. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0012 (undated, interview 2 February 1961)"INTERROGATION REGARDING CONDITIONS IN OCCUPIED LATVIA", Ilze Richters, born 23 May 1887 and a recent immigrant, interviewed regarding her life in Soviet Latvia and conditions there. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the nature of Russification, Russian elitism, and Russian kleptocracy pervasive during the Soviet occupation, and the still lingering Soviet-created legacy of moral turpitude.
  13. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0013 (2 March 1961)Free Europe Committee, cover for copies of reports on 1955 Latvian youth congress in Germany, not attached. Of interest is the (American management mis-)characterization of Daugavas Vanagi as "militant" and an organization of veterans "fighting on the German side during WW II" with no caveat of "against Soviet re-occupation". Initialled by FEC Vice President, Robert Minton.
  14. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0014 (8 March 1961)"Structure of Latvian Central Organizations and their Relations with Other Groups", more bad news for the conspiracy theorists: "1. The Free Europe Committee (FEC) has never issued guidelines for the work of national committees, considering them independent bodies. The only request made to all national committees is to report on their activities to the FEC on a monthly basis." The ACEN Central Committee calls out FEC Vice President for stating Europe is "stable," time to shift the anti-Communist fight elsewhere. Annual plan (1961) of the Committee for a Free Latvia.
  15. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0015 (undated, interview 20 March 1961)"INTERROGATION REGARDING CONDITIONS IN THE SOVIET UNION AND LATVIA", interview of recent immigrant and Soviet deportation survivor Jānis Rakovičs and his wife. Essential reading for a view of Soviet occupation and deportation.
  16. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0016 (30 March 1961)Hāzners contact report, turn over final Rakovičs report, other materials, potential REDSKIN candidates.
  17. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0017 (undated)"JĀNIS MAZULĀNS ATBILD" (Jānis Mazulāns Replies) to the question, does terror exist in Latvia and [if so], how does it express itself? "Communist terror exists in Latvia. That expresses itself as terrorization of the people's spiritual and material existence. Spiritual terror maintains itself by subjugating the peoples to the views and teachings of the Communist world...."
  18. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0018 (undated, interview 5 April 1961)"INTERROGATION", interview of Gerda Politikovs, who arrived in the US October/November 1960. Essential reading for a view into the farm collective, conscripting townfolk to assist at harvest time, and more.
  19. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0019 (17 April 1961)"MEMORANDUM OF ORAL COMMITMENTS" setting out engagement of Hāzners's services, $200 per quarter plus travel expenses.
  20. HAZNERS, VILIS VOL. 2_0020 (16 June 1961)A report on the current circumstances of one Captain Arvids Stirna, reason for interest not stated although mention is made of his brother in Siberia.
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