Mr. Jenner.

And was he a man given to extreme statements in public?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Yes. Even though in a Joking way. Maybe, like, at a big party---I'll never forget that, you see. It was for the first time I met him. It was at the Brook Hollow Golf Club before it burned down, at a big party and you know. I had some friends of mine, the Jake Hamons and the others, and suddenly George, you know, he always managed to do it, he always said, "There's a spy in the crowd." You know, he would say, "There's a spy in the crowd," Just for the fun of it or whatever it is. So, we all started to say, "There's a spy in the crowd," and somebody asked me, "Are you the spy?" And I said, "Maybe," but that's the way he always did--just create some kind of maybe innocent unrest, but we didn't know how much truth there was to it.

Mr. Jenner.

And would you give us the reason for that view?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Because he's liable to do anything.

Mr. Jenner.

Liable to do anything because he is eccentric. He has no control over himself, really?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

That's what it is--because of his character.

Mr. Jenner.

Would you have the impression that De Mohrenschildt is the type of person that might seek to induce others to do something he might hesitate to do himself?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

No; I don't think so.

Mr. Jenner.

What is your opinion as to the legitimacy of the business in which he is engaged in Haiti?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Well, from the point of view of the U.S. Government, it is a legitimate business to do business up until now with Haiti. I think the other day--it was the first time that we granted them a loan or aid, but we wouldn't deal with Duvalier, but George moved there he is there, and moved his furniture.

Mr. Jenner.

That's so---in the spring of 1963?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And you have had correspondence with him since?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Oh, yes.

Mr. Jenner.

You have given me a file and it is entitled "George De Mohrenschildt". I have been browsing through it. It seems to relate almost exclusively to the Haitian venture, and I don't see anything else in it.

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Here is a letter of June 30 that must have been left here.

Mr. Jenner.

Is this June 30, 1963, or 1962?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

It must be 1963---yes, it is 1963.

Mr. Jenner.

If this was June of 1963, this was before the events of November 22--I gather from your first sentence of this letter that he had been in Dallas?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

After this--that's right; I see it is 1963, after this fiasco here, then he came back to Dallas--which I was called on.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, the "fiasco here in Dallas" I take it from your testimony, was the suit brought by De Mohrenschildt against his wife Didi, and that suit was brought in Philadelphia and it had to do with the disposition of a corpus residue of a trust established for George's son.
As I recall, friends of the Sharples family appealed to you, or maybe sued directly, to see what you could do to help out?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

No; friends of her family.

Mr. Jenner.

Friends of her family?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

In fact, Mrs. Crespi, appealed to me to see what I can do.

Mr. Jenner.

Who is Mrs. Crespi?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Mrs. Pio Crespi is a very well known person here. Her husband is retired; he has a company called Crespi & Co.--a cotton exchange brokerage. She is a close friend of the Sharples family.

Mr. Jenner.

Mrs. Crespi?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

What do you understand Mr. De Mohrenschildt is doing over in Haiti?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Over there?

Mr. Jenner.

Yes.