I have in my possession a letter from the minister of mines which—
Mr. Jenner. Of what country?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Of Haiti. Dated in 1961, giving me an opportunity to present a geological survey of Haiti.
Mr. Jenner. What was that to be for?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. This was to search and study the oil and gas and all the mineralogical points of the whole country.
Mr. Jenner. Did this have anything, any purpose or intent, other than a legitimate effort on your part, on behalf of the Haitian Government, to you as a petroleum engineer and geologist, to discover in Haiti mineral deposits that might be of economic value to Haiti, and to those who might be willing to risk their capital to develop it?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. This is the only purpose I have—purely business promotional project.
Mr. Jenner. And this is in no way linked, directly, indirectly, or in any remote possibility, with any mapping of this country with great care for the possibility of its being employed by any other nation or group?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. No; no other nation could use my maps, and no other project, except our own commercial and geological project—nothing else.
Anyway, the whole Island of Haiti has been mapped in complete precision by the U.S. Government already, and the maps are available right here in Washington. And my office in Port-au-Prince, actually they are officers of Inter-American Geodetic Survey.