Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Well, I don't know from whom. Some kind of a letter he received from someone.
Mr. Jenner. It may have been a crank letter.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. What is that?
Mr. Jenner. It may have been a crank letter, but nothing official.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes; I am sure it is nothing official. I am sure it could not have been anything official.
I hope Mr. Timmons will investigate it. Because, naturally, the Minister of Finance of Haiti tells me that it is an official letter and seems to indicate that it comes from the FBI. But I just doubt it, personally. Probably a crank letter. I do not have an extraordinary admiration for the FBI. But, frankly, I don't think they would do anything like that, you know.
Mr. Jenner. They don't go around making official——
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. So I hope that this unpleasantness will be somehow repaired by Mr. Timmons. And I think that just a communication from him to the foreign office there might help. I am not persona non grata at the Embassy. He doesn't have to swear I am this or that, or that I am a good friend of his. But just that I am not persona non grata would be sufficient, I think. Because this job I have there in Haiti is a result of many years of work, preparation, and it is important for me. It involves a considerable amount of money, $285,000, and further development, mining and oil development, which goes with it—and preparation of this job started already in 1947, when I first came to Haiti, and went several times subsequently and worked there. It is a long-term approach that I have started, because I like the country, and I think it has excellent oil possibilities, and I finally got that contract about in March last year.
So if the committee could do something in that respect—I am going also to see a gentleman in the State Department who Mr. Timmons suggested me to see and explain the situation to him. It would be very unpleasant, just to be kicked out of the country because of the rumors.
Mr. Jenner. Well, we certainly don't want that to happen. All right.