Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Mr. Breitman; Michael Breitman. He used to be a very wealthy man in Russia—also involved in the oil industry in Russia, and in Czarist Russia—a friend of my father's. And I discovered that he lived in Haiti sometime in 1946 and 1947 when I went as a tourist there. And we became very close. He considered me almost like his son.
We went to visit him—I was worried that he might die, and he died very soon after our trip. And we stayed there for 2 months, relaxing, taking it easy. And I started preparing my contract with the Haitian Government at the same time.
Mr. Jenner. Now——
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Already then.
Mr. Jenner. Then you already had in mind the venture you are now—in which you are now engaged?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes. I already started then, you see. I made the first step. I received a letter—I still have it—the letter from the Minister of Finance—that they are interested in my project, which the project is to review all the mining resources of Haiti. They don't have anybody to do that. And we kept on working on it, working and working and working, corresponding back and forth, until finally there was the contract in March 1963. In other words, it took me 2 years to get that contract.
Mr. Jenner. Here, again, this is all business?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Purely business.
Mr. Jenner. No political or like considerations?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. No.