(tog t0114-10158] - . ae Be * : TO : Chief/Research Branch/SRS/OS DATE; 30 December 1953 FROM s M. D. Stevens SUBJECT: OSWALD CASE i. Reference is made to the attached copy of an incoming State Department telegram dated 19 December 1963, in connection with the Harvey Lee OSWALD Case (see Tab A). ‘This telegram concerns a Mr. and Mrs. DEMOBRENSCHILDT who appear to have lived in Delles, Texas, but on 2 June 1963 went to Haiti and have not since returned to the United States. 2. According to this telegran, the DEMOBRENSCHIIDTs vere interviewed at Port au Prince an 19 December 1963 at which tine they stated that they left Delles on for Kew York Philadelphia; and returned to Dallas for two days near the end of Mey Oo make final arrangements for their trip to Haltl; Gut aid wot eontact OSWALD on their May visit to Dallas. 3. The above referred to incoming telegram makes reference to prior messages of which I have not received copies and it is impossible to determine what connection the DEMOHRENSCHILDTs bave with the OSWAID Case. The telegram refers to the fact that Mrs. DEMOBRENSCHILD? believed she "saw gun at apartment“ in Oakleaf, a Dallas suburb. (The Bew York Times of 20 December 1963, in referring to the arrest of Russell W~ NcLARRY _ of Dallas on charges of having threatened on 21 November 1963 that he vas going to kill Presiad@it Kennedy the next day, stated that MCLARRY lives in an apartment house "in the Oakeliff section of Dalles, @ sprawling area where OSWAID lived". (See paragraph -3 of Tab A). It appears from information in the telegram tit the DEMOHRENSCHILDTs were well acquainted with the OSWALDs. Mrs. DEMOHRENSCHILDT took Mrs. OSWALD in her ear from Fort Worth . to Dallas for dental treatment a week or two after they first met OSWAID. h, Aceording to Mr. and Mrs. DEMOBRENSCHILD?, they were interested in the OSWALDs solely in helping them as "unfortunate people", / They named the following persons who might have additional information SA / regarding the OSWALDs: SameljBALLEN, an, investment banker in Dallas, to whom OSWALD applied for a Job, Theo; MELLER and his Russian wife. (See Tab A, paragraphs 5 and 6) Security Yniices contain no information ~:\ on BALLEN or MELLER. BALLEN was mentioned at length in a Washington Post article on 1 December 1963 as a petroleum economist who interviewed OSWALD for a job. Y N ~ cm ree,
\ying SEE i He was the subject of a lengthy OHI investigation in 1942 end of investigation by the FBI from 1942 through 1948. 7. DEMOHRENSCHILDT was of interest to 00/C in 1958, at which time the attached summary of information was furnished that office by Security (see Tab B). 8. In October 1962 DEMOHERENSCHIIDT, in Dallas, Texas, wrote the Under Secretary of State in Washington, D. C., and offered to submit e travelogue which he hed prepared following a trtp which be and his wife had made through Mexico ani Centre] America. According to DEMDERESSCHILDT, he was about to send it to England end France ani had been told by his friends in Europe that they might send bis typescript to the U.S.S.R., “where there is a great demand for travelogues and edventure stories". 3 & thermofaxed copy of the 1958 00/C memary » Gale ALLEN, a DODS Case Officer, had requested an expedite check of George DENOHRENSCHILDT for reasons unknown to Security. 10. A former wife of George DEMDBRENSCHIIDT, Mrs. Phyllis Washington DEMOBRENSCHILDT, #45478 SSD, was employed by NCFE fran 1950 (or before) util her termination (reasons unknown) on 12 Jamary 1951. It is noted that in comection with thie employment, she named Bernard YARROW, £3583, es a reference. em ae og te ores entitcl
14-00000 oe 3 @ 1. Yo thorough review hes been made of the ° files by me. MK. D. STEVENS as