Mr. Liebeler. Am I correct in understanding you to say that Rags and Chris reported to you that De Mohrenschildt and his wife were saying publicly in Port-au-Prince that the FBI was responsible for the assassination of Kennedy and Oswald was a patsy?
Mr. Ballen. They told me that they stated that at a reception for members of the Foreign Diplomatic Corps in Port-au-Prince.
Mr. Liebeler. Did he tell you when that reception was?
Mr. Ballen. It would have been while Chris and Rags were in Haiti.
Mr. Liebeler. Did Rags and Chris tell you they heard De Mohrenschildt make this remark?
Mr. Ballen. That was the impression I had, but I couldn't answer your question directly.
Mr. Liebeler. Will you fix for me more specifically, if you can, the dates that Rags and Chris were in Port-au-Prince?
Mr. Ballen. This is March. I believe that Rags and Chris came through my house possibly the first week of December 1963. They stayed at my house one night. We had quite a bit of snow that night. They had come through in a mad rush from Alaska. They left Florida for Haiti, and they left Haiti about a week prior to showing up at my house.
Mr. Liebeler. When did they show up at your house again for the second time?
Mr. Ballen. They left my house 2 Sundays ago, and they would have been at my house a total of 2 weeks. They would have arrived at my house at about March 2, something like that. They would have arrived at my house March 1, and left March 15, more or less.