Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
She said, "Yes, I am from Texas." She said, "Why don't you come and
visit us in Texas and I will give you a Russian dinner."
And Mikoyan said, "Thank you very much, some day I will come and see
you."
So here was the Mikoyan incident.
Mr. JENNER. That is all of the circumstances of the so-called Mikoyan
incident?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. It was pure happenstance and a bit of fun?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. And you, in fact, declined the same invitation?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; I declined to go--purely for business
reasons--because I didn't want my clients to think that I was buddy
buddy with Mikoyan.
Mr. JENNER. Now, this trip of yours down through Mexico, and the
Central American countries--wasn't that about the time of the Bay of
Pigs invasion?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. It was indeed; yes. And we didn't know anything
about it.
Mr. JENNER. You didn't?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. We didn't know anything about it.
Mr. JENNER. Your trip had nothing whatsoever to do with that?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Nothing to do with it--except I remember we
arrived in Guatemala City, and by God you know we walked on the street,
we were trying to get some visas to get to the next country--you have
to get visas and permits to carry guns. We had to carry a revolver with
us to protect us, because we were going constantly through a jungle. We
did not follow any roads. We were all the time following the trails.
Mr. JENNER. The old Conquistador trails?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; we carried two revolvers and a shotgun with
us, And to be able to cross the border you had to get permit each time.
That took us in Guatemala City quite some time. We were walking around
the town trying to get a permit to Nicaragua, and to San Salvador, and
to Honduras. And as we were walking on the street we saw a lot of white
boys, dressed in civilian, but they looked like military men to me.
And I said to Jeanne, "By God, they look like American boys."
The consulate--we received our mail through the American consulate.
Mr. JENNER. In Guatemala City?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Everywhere--Guatemala City, San Salvador--not
Honduras, but in San Jose--everywhere we received our mail through
the consulate or the Embassy. And I was asking the help of the consul
there--could they help me to get a permit to go to Honduras and carry
my shotgun there.
He said, "I am too busy today, I cannot do anything for you."
And then we left Guatemala City--2 days later--we read the paper on the
road about the Bay of Pigs invasion. That is all we knew about it.
Mr. JENNER. What did you do on your trip through Mexico and the Central
American countries?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, we took--I took--we walked and found our
way by the map, spoke to the people, collected samples.
Mr. JENNER. Samples of what?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Samples of rocks, of various rocks that seemed to
have----
Mr. JENNER. How did you carry it?
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