Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
History
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. And you had known Kitchel for some time?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. We are now into 1962, are we?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. In the early part of the year?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. And you returned to Dallas?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. We returned to Dallas. We took another apartment
in the same place--very close to the same neighborhood we used to
live--6628 Dickens Avenue. I felt an urge to write a report on our
trip. I sat down and worked like hell writing this report. My wife
started working--because we were getting short of money. We spent all
the money on our trip--including this Haiti stay. And at the same time
I started pursuing my profession and making oil deals like we do, doing
consulting work, in Dallas.
Now, I should repeat again--I am glad you reminded me of some of those
dates, because you have them written down, and I don't.
So I cannot vouch for some of the dates.
Mr. JENNER. Well, as a matter of fact, I have most of them in my head
at the moment.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. You have a better memory for dates than I do.
Mr. JENNER. Now we have you in 1962. Your wife went back to work for----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. She had broken her contract with a very large
manufacturer. She had a very good contract--to come on this trip with
me. She gave up a job of $15,000 or $20,000 a year, to go on this trip
with me. And she had a very hard time reestablishing herself in her
profession of designer.
So we went through a rather difficult time there for a year, and she
started working in the millinery department of Sanger-Harris in
Dallas. It is a large department store in Dallas.
Mr. JENNER. Now, this brings us to the summer of 1962.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now, in due course you met Marina and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now, before we get to that, what I would like to have you
do for me is tell me about what I will describe in my words, and you
use your own, the Russian emigre group or community or society in
Dallas at or along about that time.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. There I knew them all, because both my wife
and I like to speak Russian, and we like Russian cooking, mainly. This
is our main interest in Russian society. They are all of the same
type--in other words, they are all people who carry memories of Russia
with them, and who became, I think, perfect American citizens.
Some of them are a little bit to the left, others are a little bit to
the right, but all within the limits of true democracy.
One of them is, I think, leaning towards excessive rightist tendencies.
Mr. JENNER. What is his name?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. He is a geologist, for Sun Oil Co. His name is
Ilya Mamantov.
I know them all very well. They are very decent people, all of them.
He, I think, is a little bit too much again on this Birch Society
group, because he works for a large company.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account