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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IX - Page 320« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Jeanne De Mohrenschildt Resumed)

That is what we know about Yaeko. But then we heard that she was in New York.
To tell you frankly I never trusted Yaeko. I thought there was something fishy, maybe because I was brought up with Japanese, you know, and I knew what treachery it is, you know. I just somehow--she was very pleasant, but was very strange to me the way she was floating around, you know, and everything. There is another strange thing happened, too, with that Yaeko.

Mr. Jenner.
Involving the Oswalds?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Tell us.
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That was very funny because they practically spent all evening together at that party, and Marina was furious, of course, about it. And the party that brought Yoico to the party was furious about it, too, and I don't blame him for it. And from what I understand, Marina told me that Oswald saw Yaeko after, which was very unusual, because I don't think Oswald wanted to see anyone, let's put it that way. He would rather just sit by himself and--locked, in a house, not to see anyone. And, in fact, Marina was jealous of it, from Yaeko. She was the only person we know that Oswald really liked.
Mr. Jenner.
Can you recall the names of the family with whom Yaeko---by whom Yaeko was employed?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; but I can find out very easily.
Mr. Jenner.
How?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Through Dallas. They know the people that actually introduced Yaeko. It will be Henry Rogatz who knows Yaeko very well.
Mr. Jenner.
Spell that, please.
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Two people who can give you everything about Yoico because they have been carrying on helping her all the time. Henry Rogatz, also in----
Mr. Jenner.
Henry Rogatz, R-o-g-a-t-z, and Lev Aronson, A-r-o-n-s-o-n?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; and I believe I have Lev's address in my phone book, if I need it. I can phone you. I don't know if we have Henry's address now. They are both very nice people, charming people.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you do this. Call my hotel, The Madison?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Call later on?
Mr. Jenner.
And leave a message at my hotel as to Mr. Aronson's address and telephone number, if you have it?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; and maybe we have Henry's address. Maybe somebody sent it to us because we asked. We didn't have it with us when we left. We just moved. Voshinin liked Yaeko.
Mr. Jenner.
Voshinin?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; but I think Henry can tell you much more than anybody.
Mr. Jenner.
How, otherwise, did Oswald act at this Christmas party. He paid a great deal of attention, apparently, to----
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; they talk, talk, talk, talk, talk.
Mr. Jenner.
To the Japanese girl?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; what did they talk about, I don't have slightest idea. But everybody remarked and we were laughing about it. We were teasing Marina how he had a little Japanese girl now, you now. That was just as fun, of course, you know. But evidently they not only talked because she said he saw her later and he liked her. That is what she told me. He really liked Yaeko.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you bring the Oswalds to the party?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think we brought them. In fact, I had a fight almost to get them to that party because Cathy didn't want them and we weren't giving any parties. We gave a big party before, and I wanted Marina to be at some Christmas party because it was her first Christmas in the United States, she could have some kind of fun, so I talked her into it finally. She objected, because she could not bring the baby because the baby would wake up.
I said okay, I'm going to leave the baby with somebody else. So I have another friend which I talked into babysitting for the baby. So we went,
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