(Testimony of George S. De Mohrenschildt)
Mr. Jenner.
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.
Mr. De.
MOHRENSCHILDT. Please think about what can be done in this respect, because it is really very important to me.
Mr. Jenner.
Now---
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. And excuse me. I am also employing American geologists there, and I am responsible for them and their families. I have several Haitian engineers and geologists working there. So it is not a fly-by-night project, you see.
Mr. Jenner.
Well, I don't regard it as such, and I know something about it. I think probably it would be well if we start from the beginning. You were born in 1911?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Some of the reports say April 17th and some say April 4th, or something of that nature. It is probably a difference in the calendar.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is it exactly. It is a difference in calendar.
Mr. Jenner.
It is April 17, 1911, by what calendar?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. By our calendar here.
Mr. Jenner.
And what date by----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. April 4th.
Mr. Jenner.
And by what calendar is that?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. By the Gregorian Calendar.
Mr. Jenner.
In any event, you are now 53 years old?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Where were you born?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. A town called Mozyr.
Mr. Jenner.
What country?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Russia; Czarist Russia.
Mr. Jenner.
Czarist, did you say?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, some of the reports indicate that this was Poland rather than Russia. Would you explain this?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, I don't remember the town, because I never lived there to my memory. But it is not too far from the Polish border.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, your father was Sergis Alexander Von Mohrenschildt, is that correct? And your mother was Alexandra Zopalsky?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
What nationality was your mother?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. My mother was Russian, of Polish and Hungarian descent.
Mr. Jenner.
And the nationality of your father?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. He was also of Russian, Swedish, German descent.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you tell me a little bit about your father? And may I say this. There appear in the reports that he was--or maybe your grandfather, was Swedish, or someone in your line was Swedish, and received some commission or grant from the Queen of Sweden at one time, or maybe your family.
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