Mr. JENNER. Is Jeanne the same as Christiana?
Mr. TAYLOR. No; Jeanne is the mother. Christiana is the daughter.
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mr. TAYLOR. That is the name of Christiana's father and the man I was
just saying that Jeanne traveled with as ballet performers in China.
All of the press clippings I saw, I think, were prior to World War II.
And, as far as Mr. Bogo--as far as Chris' father is concerned, he was
in Dallas during 1959 or 1960 and--uh--he had severe mental problems
and Chris returned with him to California where, the last I heard, he
was resident of a State mental hospital.
Mr. JENNER. Uh-huh.
And Chris is now married to a gentleman whose given name is Ragnar
[spelling] R-a-g-n-a-r, but you don't recall his surname?
Mr. TAYLOR. Uh--I do not. My memory is rather vague, but it seems to
me like, in connection with his name, that his father is either a vice
president or is the executive vice president of Hughes Aircraft.
I don't know anything about him other than that except I was told he is
a physicist, as Chris' father is, and he is a rather unusual character
to meet and to know--being somewhat of a beatnik. But, at least, he
seems to, when he works, be able to make an awful lot of money and he
must have money because they--Ragnar and Chris--honeymooned on a yacht
that he owned, and to my knowledge, since he has not worked--which is a
period of 2 years.
Mr. JENNER. Does George De Mohrenschildt have a brother?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. What's his name?
Mr. TAYLOR. Uh--he uses George De Mohrenschildt's original
name of Von Mohrenschildt. He is a professor at an ivy league
university--Cambridge, I think.
Mr. JENNER. Well, Cambridge would be Harvard. What about Princeton?
What about Dartmouth? Columbia? Brown? Cornell?
Mr. TAYLOR. At the moment, I don't remember. I should remember.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever meet him?
Mr. TAYLOR. I never met him. I believe I talked to him on the
telephone. He passed through Dallas and called. I just talked to him
briefly on the telephone.
Mr. JENNER. Now, give me your impression of De Mohrenschildt. First,
describe him. What kind of personality is he?
Mr. TAYLOR. Uh--he is a rather overbearing personality; somewhat
boisterous in nature and easily changeable moods--anywhere from extreme
friendliness to downright dislike--just like turning on and off a light.
Mr. JENNER. What about his physical characteristics? Large, small,
handsome, or otherwise?
Mr. TAYLOR. He's a large man, in height he's only about 6'2" but he's a
very powerfully built man, like a boxer.
Mr. JENNER. Athletic?
Mr. TAYLOR. He is athletic. And he has a very big chest, which makes
him appear to be very much bigger than he actually is.
Mr. JENNER. Now, Mr. Taylor, do you know Mr. Liebeler? Mr. Liebeler is
a member of the staff.
Mr. TAYLOR. I don't believe I do. My letter told me that he would
contact me.
Mr. JENNER. All right. Give me a little more about the personality of
George De Mohrenschildt's--and I think I'm about ready to let you go
home.
Mr. TAYLOR. I would say that he has an inflammable personality. And
he's very likable, when he wants to be, and he oftentimes uses this to
get something he wants, put a person in a good mood and then, by doing
this, he tries to then drag whatever it is that he wants out of them.
Mr. JENNER. Is he unconventional?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; I would say that they lead a somewhat Bohemian life.
The furnishings in their home somewhat show this.
Mr. JENNER. Is he unconventional in dress?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; oftentimes wearing merely bathing trunks, and things
like this, that--for a man of his age, which is about 50 to 52--is a
little unusual.
Mr. JENNER. You mean out on the street?
Mr. TAYLOR. On the street, as a constant apparel.
He does not often work. In fact, during the times that I was married to
his daughter, I have not known of him to hold any kind of a position
for which he received monetary remuneration. So, as a result, why, he
could spend his time at his favorite sport, which is tennis. And this
could be in 32° weather in the bathing shorts I mentioned--only.
Mr. JENNER. On any time during the week?
Mr. TAYLOR. Any time during the week. They have always owned
convertibles and they would ride in them in all kinds of weather with
the top down. They are very active, outdoor sort of people.
Mr. JENNER. When you say "they," you mean he and his present wife?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; uh-huh.
Mr. JENNER. Is she unconventional at times in her attire in the
respects you have indicated in regards to him?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; very similar.
Mr. JENNER. She, likewise, wears a bathing suit out on the street, does
she?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; quite a bit. And usually a Bikini.
Mr. JENNER. What about his political philosophy?
Mr. TAYLOR. Uh--well, that's--uh--I have heard them say
everything--from saying that he was a Republican and she expressed
democratic ideals, and they expressed desires to return to Russia
and live--so, it's all colors of the spectrum. Anything that--again,
so much of what they do is what fits the moment. Whatever fits their
designs or desires at the moment is the way they do it.
Mr. JENNER. Uh-huh. When did you marry your present wife?
Mr. TAYLOR. In--let's see--on November 21, 1959.
Mr. JENNER. Your present wife?
Mr. TAYLOR. Oh, I'm sorry. That was Mr. De Mohrenschildt's daughter
that I married on that date. We married on September 28, 1963.
Mr. JENNER. Have you had any correspondence from either of the
De Mohrenschildts in which there have been any allusions to the
assassination of President Kennedy or to either of the Oswalds?
Mr. TAYLOR. I have not personally received any correspondence at all
from them. My parents have received correspondence from them--none of
which mentioned--I take that back--in one case, the assassination was
mentioned in passing; and the Oswalds were not mentioned in specifics.
Mr. JENNER. I take it, your parents are acquainted with the De
Mohrenschildts?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And does that acquaintance go back prior to your
acquaintance with the De Mohrenschildts?
Mr. TAYLOR. No; that acquaintance was after Alex and I got married.
Mr. JENNER. I see. All right. Now, we have had some discussions off the
record. I will ask you first--is there anything you would like to add
that occurs to you that you think might be helpful--as an occurrence
having taken place or even general thoughts on your part--to the
Commission in this important investigation it has undertaken?
Mr. TAYLOR. Well, the only thing that occurred to me was that--uh--and
I guess it was from the beginning--that if there was any assistance or
plotters in the assassination that it was, in my opinion, most probably
the De Mohrenschildts.
Mr. JENNER. On what do you base that?
Mr. TAYLOR. I base that on--uh--their desire, first of all,
to--uh--return to Russia at one time and live there; uh--they have
traveled together behind the Iron Curtain; uh--they took a trip to
Mexico, through Mexico, on the avowed purpose of walking from Laredo,
Tex., to the tip of South America----
Mr. JENNER. Panama?