Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. She had broken her contract with a very large
manufacturer. She had a very good contract--to come on this trip with
me. She gave up a job of $15,000 or $20,000 a year, to go on this trip
with me. And she had a very hard time reestablishing herself in her
profession of designer.
So we went through a rather difficult time there for a year, and she
started working in the millinery department of Sanger-Harris in
Dallas. It is a large department store in Dallas.
Mr. JENNER. Now, this brings us to the summer of 1962.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now, in due course you met Marina and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now, before we get to that, what I would like to have you
do for me is tell me about what I will describe in my words, and you
use your own, the Russian emigre group or community or society in
Dallas at or along about that time.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. There I knew them all, because both my wife
and I like to speak Russian, and we like Russian cooking, mainly. This
is our main interest in Russian society. They are all of the same
type--in other words, they are all people who carry memories of Russia
with them, and who became, I think, perfect American citizens.
Some of them are a little bit to the left, others are a little bit to
the right, but all within the limits of true democracy.
One of them is, I think, leaning towards excessive rightist tendencies.
Mr. JENNER. What is his name?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. He is a geologist, for Sun Oil Co. His name is
Ilya Mamantov.