(Testimony of George S. De Mohrenschildt Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
In the upper right-hand corner----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. It shows the possibility for----
Mr. Jenner.
Excuse me. I just want you to read the words, and not elaborate. I am going to have you elaborate on them. There is in the upper right-hand corner first near the letter "A" of "Atlantic," an arrow pointing to the left, to a small island. What are the words there?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. "New resorts."
Mr. Jenner.
And then to the right of that inscription, there are three lines of words, and an arrow pointing to an area in which I see the word "Caracol." Read those words.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. "New resort, Chou-Chou Beach."
Mr. Jenner.
All right.
Now, in the lower left-hand portion of the upper right-hand quadrant there appears an inscription with an arrow pointing to "Mont Rouis." And then below that, over what appears to be a series of islands encircled, there appears more writing.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. "Oil possibilities on this island."
Mr. Jenner.
All right. Do the words "on this island" appear?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No. Just "oil possibilities."
Mr. Jenner.
I am just getting the wording first, and then I will have you explain it all later.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. "Our Shada concession."
Mr. Jenner.
Now, the words "Our Shada concession" are the words at the lead end of the arrow which points to Moat Rouis, which you have already identified in the record.
Now, to the extreme right, and at the margin, opposite the inscriptions we have just described, there is some more writing. Would you read that?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. "Brown and Root built this dam."
Mr. Jenner.
All right. Now, there is an encirclement around--between the two we have identified, but above it looks as though the center of this island here--there is an inscription. This appears in the area--there is an X there--an airplane indication Hinche and there is some writing. What is that?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. "Oil possibilities."
Mr. Jenner.
All right. Now, Port-au-Prince is encircled. Then at the bottom, which is the lower right-hand quadrant, there is an arrow pointed to Pationville. And that arrow leads to some handwriting.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. "Ibolele Hotel."
Mr. Jenner.
Now, to the left of that inscription, and in the center of the map, the lower half, there is an encirclement that encircles an area, the chief town of which appears to be what?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Lescayes.
Mr. Jenner.
And what is written there?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. "Oil possibilities."
Mr. Jenner.
Now, I guess we have gotten everything you have written on there. Now, with those papers, would you proceed to tell us now about your Haitian venture, and take those papers, since they seem to be in some order of sequence as to time, and tell us all about it.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well---
Mr. Jenner.
In other words, this venture is no mite, is it?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No. It started--it already started by my previous work there in 1956. It is the result of many trips I took to Haiti in the meantime. And it is a result of an effort which started in 1961.
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 a petroleum engineer and geologist, to discover in Haiti mineral deposits that
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