Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. Tell us about it.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Well, I think we went to Texas together again and tried to contact the oil companies in regard to purchases of oil for the French interests.
Mr. Jenner. Were the Germans also seeking to obtain oil?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes; that is right.
Mr. Jenner. And——
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. We were trying to out-bid them. I think the United States were not at war yet at the time.
Mr. Jenner. That is right.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. And so the French intelligence devised a system whereby they could prevent the Germans and Italians from buying oil by outbidding them on the free market. We went to Texas. We had some contacts there with oil companies. And also in California. There we met the Superior Oil people of California and other people, too, whose names now I have forgotten.
Mr. Jenner. When was that work completed?