Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. I want to know this. This interest that you say you have,
which I will bring out later, in sketching, in painting, water colors,
and otherwise--you and this lady with whom you were in love were down
at Aransas Pass, you went down there for the purpose of having an
outing?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. I even have those sketches today, of the Bay
of Corpus Christi, of the seashore near Aransas Pass.
Mr. JENNER. You apparently were not aware of the fact this country was
then at war.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. But nobody told me there was any military
installations around Aransas Pass.
Mr. JENNER. Well, you were seen sketching the countryside.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And that aroused suspicion.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is right. That is the whole thing.
Mr. JENNER. Now, you were driving cross-country, were you not, with
this lady friend of yours?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And on the way back then from Aransas Pass----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Some characters stopped the car and came out of
the bushes, and they said, "You are a German spy." They said, "You are
a German citizen, you are a German spy." It was very strange. Here is
my Polish passport. So--they never said anything about sketching. I
thought they were from some comedy actors.
Mr. JENNER. Didn't they identify themselves?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think they said they were from the FBI.
Mr. JENNER. They might have been from some other government service.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Maybe some other government service. But I have
the impression they told me they were from the FBI, and they followed
me all the way from New York--all the way from New York.
Mr. JENNER. In any event, five men stopped you at that time, searched
your car?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Searched the car, found absolutely nothing,
except the water colors, the sketches. I still have the sketches.
Mr. JENNER. With that experience, did you proceed on into Mexico?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. They were very insulting to this Mexican lady,
very insulting. And I think she made a complaint about them later on to
the Mexican Ambassador. And being a vicious Mexican girl, she doesn't
forget that. I think she told them they stole something from her. That
I do not recall exactly.
Mr. JENNER. As near as I can tell, she never made any such complaint
officially.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think she told me she will complain officially.
Mr. JENNER. She complained, but she never complained anything was
stolen.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. You reached Mexico City?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And--with this lady.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And you remained in Mexico how long?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, that is 5 months, 6 months--until they
expelled me from Mexico.
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