And I take it your opinion, whether they did or did not know of the weapon, they had other information with respect to Oswald's attempted defection and matters of that nature which you feel----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. They must have had that information.

Mr. Jenner.

And as an American citizen, it is your view that they should have done what?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I think they should have---in my opinion, they shouldn't have let him come back to the United States--No. 1.
And No. 2, the people like us should have been protected against even knowing people like Oswald. Maybe I am wrong in that respect

Mr. Jenner.

Well, it is an opinion. That is all I am asking you for.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. And thirdly, Oswald was known as a violent character, especially in the last time. He was known, as I read from the papers, that he participated in pro-Castro demonstrations in New Orleans. That is what I read in the papers. And so therefore, he should have been kept away from Dallas when the President was there.

Mr. Jenner.

Mr. Reporter, would you mark the Auchincloss letter, dated February 2, 1964, and its accompanying envelope as De Mohrenschildt Exhibits 12 and 13, respectively?
(The documents referred to were marked "De Mohrenschildt Exhibits 12 and 13," for identification.)

Mr. Jenner.

And the Auchincloss letter of December 12, 1963, and its accompanying envelope as De Mohrenschildt Exhibits 14 and 15, respectively.
(The documents referred to were marked "De Mohrenschildt Exhibits 14 and 15," for identification.)
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. All these contracts in Haiti have been made official by an act of Congress of Haiti on March 13, 1963, and signed by the president of the country and by all the ministers, stipulating that the price of the geological survey would be $285,000, and the consideration for it will be the concession of the sisal in Haiti, originally an American company called Shada, built by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and developed during the war, and later on sold to the Haitian Government. This concession is given to me for the duration of 10 years, with an extended duration of 10 years more. I think that will explain it.

Mr. Jenner.

Fine.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I could talk for hours about this project, because it was developed through so many years, and so much effort.

Mr. Jenner.

In order that the correspondence be complete, Mr. De Mohrenschildt has produced for me the response he received to his letter of December 12, 1963, to Mrs. Auchincloss.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt, since it is a personal letter, I will ask you to read the letter in evidence. It has a longhand note on it. You might want to keep the original. So just read it. And just for the purpose of the record, and not because I suspicion you, I will watch you read it.
It is on letterhead, 3044 O Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is correct.
"Dear George:
"Thank you for your letter and for your sympathy for Jacqueline. Please accept my deepest sympathy in the loss of your son. How tragic for you."
"It seems extraordinary to me that you knew Oswald and that you knew Jackie as a child. It is certainly a very strange world."

Mr. Jenner.

Hold it a minute. The second paragraph begins with the words "it seems."
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. "You did not say why you were in Haiti, so I imagine that you are in our Foreign Service. If you come to Washington again, I would like to talk with you, and I would very much like to meet your wife. When you next write to Dimitri, will you send him my warmest regards, and thank him for his sympathy."

Mr. Jenner.

Dimitri is your brother?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

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