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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IX - Page 326« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Jeanne De Mohrenschildt Resumed)

Mr. Jenner.
Connally refused him honorable discharge, so he had a grudge against Connally, but President Kennedy, no.
Mr. Jenner.
Please, did you know anything about the discharge incident?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No. We read it in the papers after.
Mr. Jenner.
I want to keep separated here what you learned about afterwards.
Governor Connally was never mentioned at any time?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Never.
Mr. Jenner.
That you had any contact with the Oswalds?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No.
Mr. Jenner.
Was his discharge from the Marines, was that subject ever mentioned?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No.
Mr. Jenner.
Was his boyhood ever mentioned?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. His boyhood?
Mr. Jenner.
Boyhood.
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No. Never, never.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he say anything that he had lived in poverty or hadn't lived in poverty, that he had difficulty all his life?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No, no; we never discussed that. I don't remember discussing that.
Mr. Jenner.
Was there any mention of his Marine record, his record in the service, and what he had done?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No. I don't recall any conversation.
Mr. Jenner.
So this paragraph that I have read, that is about it being a shame that crimes occur and there is so much jealousy for success, that was rationalization afterwards?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Absolutely.
Mr. Jenner.
Then your husband says in this letter: "Better precautions should have been taken."
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Right. I agree.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you discuss that with your husband?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I agree. I didn't discuss that with him, but better precautions should be taken, especially when we learned later on that Adlai Stevenson was treated very poorly in Dallas, so they should have known that there were antagonism towards the Democrats, and they had no right really to permit the President to ride like that without that bubble after such demonstrations against Stevenson.
Mr. Jenner.
So this remark in the letter is based on that?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. On that, exactly.
Mr. Jenner.
That is as far as you are concerned?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. As far as we are concerned, yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Your husband may have had something else in mind?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I don't know. I don't think so, but he may. Did he mention to you that we have this Birch Society in Texas, the right wing, extreme right wing?
Mr. Jenner.
You go ahead if you have anything to say about that.
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I don't know if he mentioned it. He probably did. That there is a Democrat Party split, you know. The Republicans are one but the Democrats are two. A lot of Democrats didn't like what Kennedy was doing, especially they didn't like this approach to segregation, you know, and many other things. They thought he was too forward, too fast. Lots of people thought he was too young, you know. And so there was a lot of----
Mr. Jenner.
Animosity?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Disturbances. Not exactly animosity, but they didn't exactly appreciate what Kennedy was doing and they were still Democrats. That is really terrible. That Birch Society is a horrible thing. It is almost like Ku Klux Klan.
Mr. Jenner.
He also says on the second page of his letter: "I do hope that Marina and her children (I understand she has two now) will not suffer too badly throughout their lives and that the stigma will not affect the innocent children. Somehow, I still have a lingering doubt, notwithstanding all the
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