Try and recall more of that.
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I am trying to think what else she said. Also, she objected violently that he was rude to the people that helped her. That was very important. Because and I know--I told you the reasons why he objected to that, which are understandable, also.
But still, on the other hand, for instance, one incident was--I remember the Clarks invited them for dinner, and Lee answered, the phone, and he said when they invited him for dinner, we have other plans. He probably didn't want to go there. That is all it was. But you don't talk like that to people. So Marina objected to that. She told that to me.
There were several other occasions similar to that. For instance, he could not stand George Bouhe. He just could not stand him. And, in a way, I don't blame him. I can't stand him, either--that type of a person. He is okay, he is supposed to be a friend. But I don't like that type of personality. He absolutely could not stand him.
You know, some people do charity, and they expect for you to kiss their hands for it. And some people do charity, and they are very glad to do it and forget about it, don't expect anything. This is the kind of charity I believe in. Bouhe likes to help, and then he keeps those people like slaves, he is a little king, and they do anything for him after that. But Oswald didn't.
And that is why there was tremendous antagonism there. Bouhe asked Marina never to come to his house at all, because he was afraid that Oswald will follow her and will cause him a scandal, or God knows what. He was that kind of person. I think that was the main thing, that Oswald was rude to people helping him.

Mr. Jenner.

Did Oswald ever talk about his political views in your presence?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. In which way? Overall political, or any particular incidents?

Mr. Jenner.

Politics with a capital P. His views on government.
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think definitely he was a Marxist, ideologist Marxist. I don't think he was a Communist from the way I would understand a Communist. We didn't know if he did or he didn't belong to any party at all. I don't think he even belonged to a party in Russia, because that was---oh, this is very important.
His objection--the things that he didn't like in Russia was those horrible meetings, constant meetings, party meetings. He said that you have to work, and you have to go to those meetings--they drive people crazy, those party meetings, worker meetings. They have to go and listen to speeches and bla, bla, bla. So I don't think he was--according to that, I don't think he was interested in a party, or belonging to anything.
It was a complete surprise to us when we learned after all this that he was actually involved in doing something for Castro, selling leaflets or something, in New Orleans.

Mr. Jenner.

Passing them out?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Absolutely. Because we never had----

Mr. Jenner.

You were in Haiti by that time?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Oh, yes; we saw them last time Easter, 1963.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, something occurred in Easter, 1963 when you went to visit them?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Was this Easter Sunday or the day after?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No, to my best recollection it was Saturday before Easter. By the way, the first time they talked to us about it, I completely mixed all the dates. I thought it was in the fall. But it was the day I remember when we come over with the big pink rabbit for the baby.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you arrive there during the day?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; it was in the evening. I think we were playing tennis, and then we were somewhere, and then I decided we will be busy tomorrow, and I wanted to take the rabbit to the baby.

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