Mr. Jenner. He was opposed to that?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Opposed to that. Disliked the oppression, some elements of oppression of the Czarist government.
Mr. Jenner. He was opposed to that?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Opposed to that. And preached constitutional government. During the war he was a member—being an official—member of the group which mobilized the Army, and all that.
Mr. Jenner. He mobilized the Czarist army?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. You are talking now about World War I?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. World War I. It is such a long time ago.
Mr. Jenner. I have to get these things on record, so that somebody who is reading this, Mr. De Mohrenschildt, a hundred years from now—I should tell you that your testimony will be reproduced in full just as you give it, with all my questions put to you just as I put them. And it will be printed as part of the report.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. I can imagine what a volume it will be for the future Ph. D.'s to study. This is vague in my memory. I am saying what I vaguely remember, because, at that time, I was 5 years old. But I vaguely remember those days, the objections of my father against the Czarist government to a degree, although he was an official. He was an independent character, too. Finally he resigned his marshal of nobility position, and became a director of Nobel interests, of which his older brother was a president or chairman of the board—I don't know, I don't remember any more, in Baku, Russia. So we spent a little time there—in the oil fields. And then, of course, the revolution came.