Now, the next paragraph of this letter reads: "Some time last fall we heard that Oswald had beaten his wife cruelly, so we drove to their miserable place and forcibly took Marina and the child away from the character." You have told us about that incident, have you?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Then it reads: "Then he threatened me and my wife, but I did not take him seriously." You have told us about that?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

"Marina stayed with the family of some childless Russian refugees for awhile, keeping her baby, but finally decided to return to her husband." Is that correct?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

You recall that?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Was that the Mellers?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That was the Mellers, and she went back within a week or two instead of as she promised to be apart for 2 or 3 months. We were really furious. We wasted the whole day, so much aggravation, go through all that trying to do something for them and then she dropped the whole thing. So why bother, you know? So from then on we were really disgusted. After all, you can waste so much time, and if we don't see anything, response, you know we are just tired of it. Let them live their own rights. Let them battle their own battles.

Mr. Jenner.

Did the occasion arise then shortly thereafter in which Marina left Lee and went with some others?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I don't even remember that.

Mr. Jenner.

You don't?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No.

Mr. Jenner.

You do recall a time when she was with Mrs. Ford?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I don't recall it. I think she lived with them, too. I think so, but I don't know exactly when and how, because we hardly ever saw them from then on. Just occasionally all of a sudden I'd get sorry and I'd go and buy a cake, you know, a cheesecake or something and we'd just drive by and drop it and just talk with them a few minutes and leave. That is about the only things we had, the only connection we had.

Mr. Jenner.

The next paragraph: "It is really a shame that such crimes occur in our times and in our country. But there is so much jealousy for success and the late President was successful in so many domains and there is so much desire for publicity on the part of all shady characters that assassinations are bound to occur." Did your husband discuss that sentence with you?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No, we didn't discuss any sentences of this letter.

Mr. Jenner.

But you read the letter before it was mailed?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I read the letter.
The only thing I can say what he meant by it is that it seems to be that everything went wrong for Lee, starting with his childhood, you know, and no matter what he did it was always a failure. So anything that seems to be President Kennedy touched was turning into gold, he was so successful in his marriage. You know he was such a wonderful President and he had health and public office, everything, you know, so it could be that in the bottom of Lee's heart was some antagonism, you know.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you have that impression of the man?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No, never at all.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you have any impression that he was envious at any time?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No, and in fact that is what doesn't make any sense, because I don't think he ever said anything against, and whatever the President was doing, Kennedy was doing, Lee was completely exactly with the same ideas, exactly. If he would shoot Walker that would be understandable, even if he would be shooting at Connally that is understandable, too. We learned that

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