loved to smoke and would smoke as many cigarettes as she could lay her hands on. And you know, Oswald did not smoke and forbade her to smoke. This is the reason---one of the reasons they fought so bitterly--because he would take the cigarette away from her and slap her.

Mr. Jenner.

In your presence?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. In my presence, would take the cigarette away from her and push her, "You are not going to do that", in a dictatorial way. So I would say, "Now, stop it, let her smoke." And then he would relax. But that is the type of person he was. But not in our presence when we were away, Marina said he would not let her smoke nor drink, I think. He refused to let her drink either. And she liked to have a drink. With all her defects, she is more or less a normal person, and rather happy-go-lucky, a very happy-go-lucky girl.

Mr. Jenner.

What about his drinking?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I never saw him drink. Maybe he would take a very little, but I never saw him drink more than half a glass--as far as I remember. I didn't pay too much attention. Maybe that is why he was tense, because he did not drink enough. He was always tense. That guy was always under some kind of pressure.

Mr. Jenner.

You have that impression?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; always some kind of a pressure.

Mr. Jenner.

And this was an inward pressure, you thought?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; some inward pressure.

Mr. Jenner.

See if I can refresh your recollection a little about that party, the first of the parties. I am going to ask you about the second one as well in a moment.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you remember being present at that party Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ray?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. If they are the people whom I identify as he being a man in the advertising business and she a girl of Russian origin--a friend of Mrs. Ford.

Mr. Jenner.

He married her when he was in Germany.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; that's it--something like that. You know, in this group of the Russian emigres, there were two people who came from Soviet Russia--there were Mrs. Ford and this lady, an entirely different type of individual---the new blood. They were younger and they were brought up in Soviet Russia.

Mr. Jenner.

Yes; they were people----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. They were so-called--what do you call--- displaced persons, who were grabbed by the Germans and displaced in Germany, and then the American soldiers grabbed them and married them. Both of them were the same type. Very nice people, but they had a different background.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, this party occurred on the 28th and 29th of December.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. As far as I remember, it was around New Year's Day.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think I recall this person. grayish hair.

Mr. Jenner.

From Georgetown, Tex.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. A tall man with grayish hair.

Mr. Jenner.

His wife was Russian born.

Mr. Jenner.

And it was at the Declan Fords?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Was George Bouhe there?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think so.

Mr. Jenner.

And Mr. and Mrs. Meller?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think so, too. And a lot of other people.

Mr. Jenner.

There is another Ray couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That I do not know.

Mr. Jenner.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Harris?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I do not recall them.

Mr. Jenner.

Charles E. Harris?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think I recall this person. He is a tall man with grayish hair.

Mr. Jenner.

From Georgetown, Tex.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. A tall man with grayish hair.

Mr. Jenner.

His wife was Russian born.

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