Mr. De Mohrenschildt. She had broken her contract with a very large manufacturer. She had a very good contract—to come on this trip with me. She gave up a job of $15,000 or $20,000 a year, to go on this trip with me. And she had a very hard time reestablishing herself in her profession of designer.
So we went through a rather difficult time there for a year, and she started working in the millinery department of Sanger-Harris in Dallas. It is a large department store in Dallas.
Mr. Jenner. Now, this brings us to the summer of 1962.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. Now, in due course you met Marina and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. Now, before we get to that, what I would like to have you do for me is tell me about what I will describe in my words, and you use your own, the Russian emigre group or community or society in Dallas at or along about that time.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes. There I knew them all, because both my wife and I like to speak Russian, and we like Russian cooking, mainly. This is our main interest in Russian society. They are all of the same type—in other words, they are all people who carry memories of Russia with them, and who became, I think, perfect American citizens.
Some of them are a little bit to the left, others are a little bit to the right, but all within the limits of true democracy.
One of them is, I think, leaning towards excessive rightist tendencies.