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. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Maybe so. But you know, our salary was very small
there, and so we had to show certain expenses. They never questioned
me. But possibly they considered my living expenses were too high. But
I was the only one to do the job, instead of two. I kept the budget,
more or less, at the same level, maybe lower.
Mr. JENNER. Now, you terminated your employment in January 1949, did
you not?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think so. The date is not clear to me.
Mr. JENNER. Well, this may refresh your recollection.
Had you become an American citizen in the meantime?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And was that on the 11th of July 1949 at Denver?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, in Denver, Colo.
Mr. JENNER. Now, your employment with the Rangely Oil Field Committee
terminated after you became a citizen, did it not?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. And does that refresh your recollection--it occurred about
6 months later?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. When your employment in the Rangely Oil Field Committee
terminated, what did you do?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Then I realized that I could not remain married
to Phyllis, because she was a girl of--who needed money, who needed a
good way of life, needed luxury--she was used to luxury. And I asked
her to go back to her parents, to New York, and that I will try to make
a success out of--I decided to go on my own as a consultant--that I
should try to make a success out of the consulting business.
But I just should do it by myself, without her being present. And so I
moved to Denver, Colo., gave up that establishment in Aspen, and got
some help from my friends, and with very little money I started my own
consulting firm.
Mr. JENNER. In Denver?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; in Denver.
Mr. JENNER. In the meantime, did the--was the marriage to Phyllis
Washington terminated?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; either in the meantime or just right at that
time.
Mr. JENNER. Was that by her suit?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; by my suit.
Mr. JENNER. You filed the suit?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And where did you file that?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. In the court in Denver. She was gone. I returned
in the meantime to see her, to see whether we can patch up things.
Mr. JENNER. You returned to New York City?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; to see if we could patch up things. We
became very good friends with the other side of her family, the
Wassermans, very interesting people who are still good friends of
mine. Bill Wasserman is a banker in New York, used to be ambassador
to Australia during the Roosevelt administration, I think--or to New
Zealand.
And, frankly, he also, and her aunt, who were taking care of
her--because, in the meantime, her stepfather was in Europe, they had
also their own difficulties.
Mr. JENNER. Their own marital difficulties?
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