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. LIEBELER. When did they show up at your house again for the second
time?
Mr. BALLEN. They left my house 2 Sundays ago, and they would have been
at my house a total of 2 weeks. They would have arrived at my house at
about March 2, something like that. They would have arrived at my house
March 1, and left March 15, more or less.
Mr. LIEBELER. Will you state for us, as best you can recall, the
conversations that you had with Rags and Chris concerning these remarks
allegedly made by De Mohrenschildt while they stayed at your house.
Mr. BALLEN. This information was brought to me by Rags and Chris that
they were very much upset about it. And I told Rags that probably all
of George's mail was being intercepted in and out, and that I felt that
sooner or later he would be called before the Warren Commission.
The FBI had already interviewed me, I told Rags, and that distressed
him a little bit that the FBI was probably intercepting his mail and
probably had a tail on him.
He thought I was kidding, and I said, no; that this was a pretty
serious item and that probably he was under surveillance, and so he
then took the initiative to call the FBI and said if they wanted to see
him, he was out there, and he would be leaving for parts unknown, and
so they came out to my house and interviewed him.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you know whether Rags told the FBI about the remarks
that De Mohrenschildt was alleged to have made?
Mr. BALLEN. I do not. I was out of the house when the FBI agent was
there, but I kept myself elsewhere in that building, not in the room
where they were.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you know the name of the agent who came out?
Mr. BALLEN. He was one of the agents who interviewed me from
California. Had a very nice tan, but I don't know his name.
Mr. LIEBELER. One of the two agents that interviewed you when?
Mr. BALLEN. About March 6th or 7th.
Mr. LIEBELER. The interview that you have just referred to concerns
your acquaintanceship with De Mohrenschildt?
Mr. BALLEN. That's correct.
Mr. LIEBELER. Would it refresh your recollection if I advised you that
the names of the agent that interviewed you were W. James Wood and
Raymond P. Yelchek?
Mr. BALLEN. The gentleman who came out to my house was Mr. Wood.
Mr. LIEBELER. It was Mr. Wood that interviewed Rags, is that correct?
Mr. BALLEN. That's correct.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did Rags discuss with you the interview after the agent
had left?
Mr. BALLEN. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did Rags tell you anything about his conversations with
De Mohrenschildt after De Mohrenschildt had allegedly made this remark
that the FBI was responsible for the assassination of the President?
Mr. BALLEN. Just to the extent that he or Chris had protested
vigorously on politics generally with George, and as I had already
known before Rags came to my house, the visit in Haiti had deteriorated
into quite a personality clash.
I had gotten a letter from George which showed that he was very
critical on personal grounds of Rags.
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