Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. When we completed this trip, we were very tired,
and we decided to go and take a rest in Haiti.
Mr. JENNER. Why did you select Haiti?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, as I said before, I had been there many
times as a tourist. I have a very close friend of my father's who lived
in Haiti. I speak French. And I like the country. I said we are going
to visit this old man, a friend of my father's.
Mr. JENNER. What is his name?
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.