But you have a definite recollection that Marina had met the mother and had a reaction to her?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; Oh, that she met the mother, definitely. I assumed that you knew.

Mr. Jenner.

And that reaction was an unfavorable one?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Unfavorable reaction, and possibly my wife will remember more than I do.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you get any reaction as to how Oswald felt with respect to his brother?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Again a vague idea that he did not get along with his brother.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you become aware that he had two brothers?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I didn't even know he had two brothers.

Mr. Jenner.

Was there any occasion when it came to your attention that there was any alarm on Marina's part with respect to Lee possibly inflicting some harm on Vice President Nixon, or former Vice President Nixon?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No.

Mr. Jenner.

That doesn't ring a bell at all?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. It doesn't ring a bell at all. But what I wanted to underline, that was always amazing to me, that as far as I am concerned he was an admirer of President Kennedy.

Mr. Jenner.

I was going to ask you about that.
Tell me the discussions you had in that connection. Did you have some discussions with him?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Just occasional sentences, you know. I think once I mentioned to him that I met Mrs. Kennedy when she was a child you know, she was a very strong-willed child, very intelligent and very attractive child you see, and a very attractive family, and I thought that Kennedy was doing a very good job with regard to the racial problem, you know. We never discussed anything else. And he also agreed with me, "Yes, yes, yes; I think it is an excellent President, young, full of energy, full of good ideas."

Mr. Jenner.

Did he ever indicate any resentment of Mr. Kennedy's wealth?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is definitely a point there, you know. He did not indicate, but he hated wealth, period, you see. Lee Oswald hated wealth, and I do not recall the exact words, but this is something that you could feel in him, you see. And since he was very poor, you know, I could see why he did, you see. I even would tell him sometimes, "That is ridiculous. Wealth doesn't make happiness and you can be poor and be happy, you can be wealthy and be very unhappy; it doesn't matter." I met a lot of wealthy people in my life and found that quite a few of them are very unhappy and I have met quite a few poor people and they are very happy. So it is nothing to be jealous of.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you ever discuss with him Governor Connally?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Never discussed it with him.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he ever express any opinion with respect to Governor Connally?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Never had a word about it. You see, I was not familiar with the fact that he did have a dishonorable discharge.

Mr. Jenner.

That is another subject.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

You were not familiar with that at all? It was never discussed?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. It was only in the papers that I read after the assassination that I read in the papers that he had a dishonorable discharge. I assumed that he had an honorable discharge. I assumed that.

Mr. Jenner.

There was never any discussion in the Russian colony on the subject that he had not had an honorable discharge?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I do not recall that. I do not recall. But I was again probing in my mind whether I heard anything about this dishonorable discharge or not.

Mr. Jenner.

As you are sitting there, you are probing your mind?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, my mind, thinking about it, now you know, and it is impossible to say because I read in the paper that he had a dishonorable discharge, after the assassination.

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