Mr. De Mohrenschildt. It certainly has been suggested.
Mr. Jenner. It has even been said you might grow up a little bit?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. But you are fun-loving?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes; that is right. That I am. Well, I don't believe, you know, in leading a life as if you were half dead. Might as well enjoy it, your life, to the fullest extent.
Mr. Jenner. I am trying to paint a picture here, Mr. De Mohrenschildt, of the milieu or background in Dallas when you first met the Oswalds, what kind of a community it was.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. I understand.
Mr. Jenner. How you moved around in it, and what part you played in it, and what part your wife played in it. I gather that the community of which you speak, the people of Russian derivation, were close, you saw a good deal of them?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes; it is close because there are not many. It is not like New York—although in New York I know also thousands of Russians, and in Philadelphia, and so on, and so forth. But mainly in Dallas there are only maybe, as you know, 30 families, maybe 25 families, all in all. So they are a little bit closer together. And a very pleasant relationship—because they are all good people—and with a few exceptions I think we all like each other, and used to get along very well, until Oswald appeared on the horizon.
Mr. Jenner. All right. I want to get to that.