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
She developed some difficulty with the other trustees and was asked
to resign, or resigned herself--I don't know for sure--the other
trustees say they asked her to resign. She says she was forced to
resign. And she formed with the help of her father and her friends
another foundation in Philadelphia which is much smaller, and I think
which does also research on cystic fibrosis. And she is running the
administrative end of it. She is not doing the actual research, but she
is running this foundation as an administrator.
Mr. JENNER. Do you visit your child?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I used to. Right now I have a great deal of
difficulty in visiting my daughter, Nadya, because she wants to live
with me, you see.
Mr. JENNER. The daughter?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. The daughter, yes. And she thinks that by living
in Texas her health will improve. Now, the mother thinks it is just
the opposite--that if she lives in Texas that she will die, because of
the inadequate medical facilities. So we had rather bitter litigation
last year as to--I tried to take the custody away from her, because of
various reasons--mainly, I think that the daughter would be happier
with me, and with my new wife. And the little girl has developed a
tremendous liking for my new wife. But the court decided that--we
went into such bitter fighting, that I stopped this litigation in the
middle, and I said, "I am going to Haiti anyway. Let's leave things as
they are for a year. I am not going to see Nadya for a year, on the
condition that she will get all my letters, all my gifts, and that I
get a medical report from her every 4 months." And the poor girl is
also under psychiatric treatment.
Mr. JENNER. Who is?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Nadya, my little girl. She is under psychiatric
treatment--because of her illness, and also she developed a dislike for
the other members of her family, for her half brothers and sisters,
because they are healthy, and she is not.
Mr. JENNER. I take it that your former wife--there had been some
children born of her present marriage?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; who have no cystic fibrosis.
Mr. JENNER. All right. Now, when the divorce took place, your wife
filed suit in Philadelphia, didn't she?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; the suit was filed in Dallas.
Mr. JENNER. She commenced it?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you resist it?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; we came to an agreement that we would get
a divorce anyway. I don't know what you call it in legal terms. The
lawyers made an agreement that, here it is, you see. We decided to sell
our house and settle our accounts.
Mr. JENNER. Property?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Property settlement. And I think it was very fair
for her, just as my lawyer, Morris Jaffe, can tell you the whole story
about that.
Mr. JENNER. Now, upon your divorce from Wynne, or Didi, Sharples, did
you remain in Dallas?
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