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. Why was De Mohrenschildt critical of Rags, do you
remember?
Mr. BALLEN. These are personal matters, and I am just asking a question
now. Is it within the realm of your interest? These are really personal
matters between one individual and a somewhat removed son-in-law, a
son-in-law of his wife, and, so, I wrote back to George and said that
his anger was only natural, that the Navajos had a taboo against sons
seeing their mother-in-law in pains of having their eyes removed, and
maybe the Navajos know what they are talking about.
But to answer your question, the discussion in that matter was on a
personal matter, and I really do not think it has anything--any bearing
here. If you want me to discuss it, I will.
Mr. LIEBELER. No; if you represent to me that the differences were of a
purely personal matter, that is sufficient for me.
Mr. BALLEN. With only one exception, and that is that George, by his
overall nature, is leaning to left center, and Rags, by his overall
nature, leans to the right of center, and just among other things this
was one of the sources of some conflict.
Mr. LIEBELER. They had political differences, in other words, also?
Mr. BALLEN. In their overall perspective; yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Have you told us everything that you can remember
about your conversations with Rags concerning these statements by De
Mohrenschildt that the FBI was responsible for the assassination? Tell
us everything about that that you can remember, either about your
conversation with Rags, or what Rags told you about his conversation
with De Mohrenschildt, and the reactions of other people to De
Mohrenschildt's statements.
Mr. BALLEN. He or Chris said that the American Embassy down there
was very disturbed that George, at a cocktail party possibly run by,
well, I think by someone in the Foreign Corps there, whether it be the
French, that George or Jeanne had made this statement, and it was a
foolish thing for him to say and a distressing thing, and I think also
at that party there was a Negro emissary from one of the newly free
republics in Africa who told the Haitians that if Haiti is the result
of 300 years of freedom, he would like to go back to French rule.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did Rags specifically mention the names of anybody else
who was at this party, that you can remember?
Mr. BALLEN. No; I don't think so. And if he had, it wouldn't rest with
me. This was one of numerous cocktail parties down there.
I had the impression, from what Rags said, that this was George's
statement and was known to the American Embassy down there.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you remember what Rags said about that?
Mr. BALLEN. That it was distressing to the American Embassy, and that
George and Jeanne were kind of a thorn in the side of the American
Embassy.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did Rags indicate whether or not De Mohrenschildt had
been interviewed by the FBI while he was living in Port-au-Prince?
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