Mr. JENNER. [Spelling] R-o-m-i-n-e?
Mr. TAYLOR. [Spelling] R-o-m-y-n-e.
Mr. JENNER. De Mohrenschildt?
Mr. TAYLOR. That's right.
Mr. JENNER. And she was the daughter of whom?
Mr. TAYLOR. Of George De Mohrenschildt and a woman who is now known as
Mrs. J. M. Brandel.
Mr. JENNER. Spell that last name.
Mr. TAYLOR. [Spelling] B-r-a-n-d-e-l.
Mr. JENNER. And the present Mrs. Brandel--she was the wife of George De
Mohrenschildt and, in turn, is the mother of your wife?
Mr. TAYLOR. That is true. But that is not the present Mrs. De
Mohrenschildt.
Mr. JENNER. No. I appreciate that. Where does she live now?
Mr. TAYLOR. Mrs. Brandel, as last I knew, was living at Stellara B.
Mr. JENNER. Will you spell that?
Mr. TAYLOR. [Spelling] S-t-e-l-l-a-r-a B.
Mr. JENNER. Just the letter B?
Mr. TAYLOR. Just the letter B. I believe Stellara means apartment in
Italian. Vagna Clara [spelling] V-a-g-n-a C-l-a-r-a, Rome, Italy.
Mr. JENNER. Has she remarried?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes, she has remarried--and her name is Brandel.
Mr. JENNER. How many children were born of that marriage?
Mr. TAYLOR. One.
Mr. JENNER. Just your wife?
Mr. TAYLOR. That's right.
Mr. JENNER. And was the present Mrs. Brandel the first wife, second
wife, third wife of Mr. George De Mohrenschildt?
Mr. TAYLOR. The first wife--to my knowledge.
Mr. JENNER. Are you informed that in addition to the present Mrs.
Brandel and the present Mrs. De Mohrenschildt, De Mohrenschildt also
was married to at least one, if not two other women?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes, I am aware of one other one.
Mr. JENNER. Will you tell us about the one that you do have in mind?
Mr. TAYLOR. I know very little about her, other than that her name is
Dee--her first name is Dee.
Mr. JENNER. [Spelling] D-e-e?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Dee or DeeDee? Is she sometimes called DeeDee?
Mr. TAYLOR. She may have been. And that they had two children, one of
which is deceased.
Mr. JENNER. And the one who still survives is male or female?
Mr. TAYLOR. Female.
Mr. JENNER. Do you know her name and whereabouts?
Mr. TAYLOR. Her given name is Nodjia--and I do not know the spelling of
it. It is, I believe, a Russian name.
Mr. JENNER. Could you spell it phonetically?
Mr. TAYLOR. [Spelling] N-o-d-j-i-a (phonetic).
Mr. JENNER. Is she married?
Mr. TAYLOR. No. She's a minor.
Mr. JENNER. She's still a minor?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Where does she live?
Mr. TAYLOR. I believe in Philadelphia--but I can't be sure of that.
Mr. JENNER. The impression is, at least, that she is living with her
mother in Philadelphia?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Rather than with the De Mohrenschildts in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti?
Mr. TAYLOR. That's correct.
Mr. JENNER. You are aware of the fact that George De Mohrenschildt
and his present wife now, are at least presently, are residing in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
(Off the record discussion follows.)
Mr. JENNER. In order that the record be not too confused, I think
it would be well that you finish recounting what led up to your
meeting with Marina and Lee Harvey Oswald, and then I will go back
when we finish that subject, and put the De Mohrenschildts in proper
perspective.
Mr. TAYLOR. All right.
Mr. JENNER. We have been off the record in the meantime, haven't we,
Mr. Taylor, during which time you recounted to me something about the
De Mohrenschildts and the relation between your present wife and the De
Mohrenschildts, and other matters in that connection?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. We will bring that out later.
(At this point, Mr. Jenner asked your reporter to orient the witness by
referring back to the point of interruption, when he started recounting
how his meeting with the Oswalds came about.)
Your REPORTER. [Reading] "About a week before I met them, my wife was
told of them by either her father or stepmother--Mr. and Mrs. George De
Mohrenschildt."
Mr. JENNER. Now, that's where I interrupted. Please go on from there.