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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IX - Page 220« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of George S. De Mohrenschildt Resumed)

Mr. Jenner.
George Bouhe.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
He is a leader of the community, is he?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
John and Elena Hall?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
What is their history?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, she is----
Mr. Jenner.
I mean derivation.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. He is American.
Mr. Jenner.
He is a native American. And she is----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. She is a Russian, I think of Persian origin, or brought up in Persia. I am not so sure where she was born. But she speaks very good Russian. She is I think Greek Orthodox, which means of Russian parentage.
Mr. Jenner.
Tatiana Biggers?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. The name sounds familiar to me, but I don't think I know it.
Mr. Jenner.
Mr. and Mrs. Teofil Meller?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Peter Gregory and his son, Paul?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I know only the father, Peter Gregory, not the son.
Mr. Jenner.
Mr. and Mrs. Declan Ford?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, I know them.
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.
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