Mr. Raigorodsky.

Ukranian branch of Metropolitan Leonty's branch of the Russian Church in this country, and so, you see, and that was--now, we have to go back through the basic facts that Russians and Ukranians have never gotten along together, and in fact, Ukranians were separative-----they wanted to separate from the rest of the Russians and he will have their church to become part of their parish. That was just going against the grain of every Russian.
Now, all those things tended to create dissatisfaction and fights, I mean verbal fights, of course no physical violence of any kind, but verbal fights, and Father Royster decided to pull out and he asked me if I would help him, and I said, "Sure, as long as it is a Greek Orthodox Church," and that's how it happened.
You see, some of the statements--like he said, "In September of 1958 the parish was transferred from the jurisdiction of Bishop Bogdan to that of Metropolitan Leonty, the Russian Metropolia."
Well, he is Russian Metropolia, but it isn't finished--in this country.

Mr. Jenner.

The words "in this country" should be added there?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Yes; in the United States. I mean, those are minor, but substantially, it is correct--what he said.

Mr. Jenner.

With those explanations, Miss Oliver, will you please copy the historical statement into the record?
The REPORTER. Yes, sir.
(The instrument referred to is set forth on pp. 8 and 9 of this volume.)

Mr. Jenner.

These differences of opinion, historical, religious, and otherwise, and arguments rather than facts, tend to affect also the views of an individual who is a member of St. Nicholas Church with .respect to individuals who regularly attended St. Seraphim's?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Well, it's a peculiar thing that the people, as I understand it, who helped Mrs. Oswald, were people from St. Nicholas Church.

Mr. Jenner.

Largely?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

So---I don't know how that came about--perhaps she is Russian. I can understand so much--she is a Russian and St. Nicholas is Russian and St. Seraphim is Eastern Orthodox.

Mr. Jenner.

Did I understand you correctly, sir, that the parishioners, by and large, of St. Nicholas are exclusively anti-Communists?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

There's no question about it.

Mr. Jenner.

Because of the history, there's no question about it--largely?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Largely.

Mr. Jenner.

There are other reasons, but that substantially is one major motivating force?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

That's right.

Mr. Jenner.

And while they would be interested in assisting persons who are of Russian birth, who would come into this community, would they also be interested in ascertaining at least what they thought might be the political views of someone who came fresh from Russia, with in turn the thought in mind that if that person or persons or family in their opinion had some affiliation with or even sympathetic to what we in America call the Communists in control of Russia, that these people in St. Nicholas would have an aversion to them?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

Correct. You see, he asked the question you are getting to---that is the first time I heard she was Russian--they told me they were interrogated by different branches of the Government and that is the first time they told me that they know of Marina Oswald, how they helped her and everything else and I asked them--"How did it happen?" Now, she went to the church to have her child christened.

Mr. Jenner.

She went to St. Nicholas?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

No; St. Seraphim's.

Mr. Jenner.

And that caused what?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

That caused them to think and to know, as they understood it, that she did it practically at the peril of her life.

Mr. Jenner.

She did what?

Mr. Raigorodsky.

She did it at the peril of her life----

Mr. Jenner.

You mean they objected?