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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IX - Page 219« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of George S. De Mohrenschildt Resumed)

Mr. Jenner.
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.
Mr. Jenner.
To refresh your recollection as to some of these people. Voshinin. What is his first name?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Igor.
Mr. Jenner.
Mr. Mamantov's mother-in-law, Gravitis--Dorothy Gravitis?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I just met her once or twice---hardly spoken to her.
Mr. Jenner.
The Clarks?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I know them very well.
Mr. Jenner.
Max Clark?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, Max and his wife, Gall.
Mr. Jenner.
Gall is of Russian derivation?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Russian descent, born in France of the upper society in Russia--she was born Princess Sherbatov. They are families better than Cabots and Lodges here in the States.
Mr. Jenner.
What about Mr. Clark?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Mr. Clark is a Texan of an excellent background, who is a lawyer, as you know.
Mr. Jenner.
A lady by the name of Khrystinik?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That I don't know. I don't know her. Maybe you don't pronounce correctly her name.
Mr. Jenner.
That may well be.
Paul Raigorodsky?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. He is another Russian who is very successful in business, a Republican, a good friend of mine, I think. For years and years.
Mr. Jenner.
Let me see some others that come to my mind.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I made a mistake with respect to one name. I said it was Khrystinik. I was in error. It is Lydia Dymitruk. You are acquainted with her?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Very slightly.
Mr. Jenner.
What I am directing my attention to now, sir; is people forming part of the Russian, what I call, community in the Dallas, Fort Worth, Irving area.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ray.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. I think she is Russian.
Mr. Jenner.
Which one?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Either one of them--the one who is in the advertising business.
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