Mr. Liebeler. When did you first meet George De Mohrenschildt?
Mr. Ballen. Approximately 1955, maybe 1954.
Mr. Liebeler. Have you had any conversation with De Mohrenschildt since this assassination?
Mr. Ballen. Only through the mails.
Mr. Liebeler. You have corresponded with him since the assassination?
Mr. Ballen. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you write about the assassination?
Mr. Ballen. Only in a very guarded way, because I understood that mails in Haiti are subject to scrutiny, and I didn't know what his environment was down there, so I only corresponded with him in a very guarded way.
Mr. Liebeler. Can you tell me in general what you wrote to him?
Mr. Ballen. I made no reference to the assassination directly. I said in one letter that I wanted to hear from him. I was—I wanted to know that he was okay. I didn't use those words in the letter, but he understood what I was asking him.