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. Does my calling your attention to the few people I have
named refresh your recollection as to others who are part of the
Russian community?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, there are others.
Mr. JENNER. I am thinking primarily of the Russian group who met the
Oswalds.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I don't know who of them might have met the
Oswalds.
Mr. JENNER. What about Sam Ballen?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. He is an American, but he knows a few Russians.
And he met Oswald just once, I guess. I think he is a good friend of
Voshinin--of mine, and probably knows the Fords. I don't think he knows
the others. Maybe he does. I don't know.
Mr. JENNER. Having in mind this group of people----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, then the priest must know them all--the
Russian priest.
Mr. JENNER. What is his name?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. He is an American, but he is a Greek Orthodox
priest there.
Mr. JENNER. What is his name?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Father Dimitri.
Mr. JENNER. Father Dimitri--he is from Houston, is he not?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No, he is the one who is in charge of the Greek
Orthodox Church in Dallas, and he is also a professor at SMU, professor
of Spanish at SMU.
Mr. JENNER. In that connection, there are two----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I know that he knows Marina.
Mr. JENNER. There are two Greek Orthodox Churches, are there not, or
sects or groups, in Dallas?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. Tell me how that developed.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, it is just some sort of schism in the Greek
Orthodox Church. I am not too interested in religion, so I could not
tell you how it originated. But anyway, one church seems to be purely
Russian, and the other one seems to have a lot of Americans in it. The
one that Father Dimitri is the head of--he is an American and quite a
large membership of Americans--they have converted. And the services
are in English, although the others--some services are in Russian also.
Sometimes he has visiting priests. But I don't know why they are
segregated into two groups.
Mr. JENNER. Mr Raigorodsky is interested in the old guard group, let us
call it?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; probably, that is right.
Mr. JENNER. And also Mr. Bouhe?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; but Raigorodsky supports also the other
group.
Mr. JENNER. Yes; he does.
Now, are the acquaintances largely formed, when new people come into
Dallas, through these church groups?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; most of the time I would say so.
Mr. JENNER. Now, at least during the time--I don't know what your
propensities are at the moment, but you were somewhat irreligious when
you were in Dallas, were you not?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, I actually contributed to this church, to
the formation of that first church, that Raigorodsky was interested in,
the old guard church.
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. And I actually organized even a choir. But then I
got less interested in it. I didn't like the priest, you know.
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