photographs and movies. I am from the red lava a yard away, just burning. And poor little Nero--my hair is standing on my head from the heat. It was a fascinating sight. Then we walked in lava, and it was all smoking like that.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, was there any consideration other than you have indicated, any purpose I will put it that way--of your trip other than you have indicated?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No.

Mr. Jenner.

Did it have any connection with any government, any agency, or any government?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Not at all.

Mr. Jenner.

Or have any political aspects whatsoever?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I know you have to ask these questions, but there was none at all, absolutely none.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, while you were making your trip down through Mexico and the Central American countries, the Bay of Pigs invasion occurred, did it not?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. But we learned about it much later.

Mr. Jenner.

Excuse me. Were you aware of the Bay of Pigs invasion in advance?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Advance? We were not even aware at the time of it.

Mr. Jenner.

You were not?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No. But we noticed something very funny. We noticed some young people running around with little tiny hats. They looked like American boys. And then when we--we had----

Mr. Jenner.

Where was that?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. In Guatemala City. We have all our mail always sent to the American Embassy, in each country, and then as we arrived, asked them to hold it. They have been wonderful about it. So the minute we arrived to the city-- we leave our mule and go right away to the Embassy to pick up our mail. And it was very funny. There was such a commotion, such confusion in the American Embassy, we just remarked about it. They were running around, busy, busy. I forgot the name of the American consul. He was on the phone all the time, such a confusion was going on.
So we noticed that. And we noticed those funny looking boys running around. I thought they were Canadian boys. And later on we learned that there was an invasion.
So maybe that was the people that were involved in it.

Mr. Jenner.

That is all you know about the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is all we know about it.

Mr. Jenner.

Have you ever been in Cuba?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No.

Mr. Jenner.

There was an occasion, was there not when your husband and you were in Mexico that there was a Russian mission?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Mikoyan?

Mr. Jenner.

When was that?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That was exactly the time when Alexandra eloped. We were two weeks in Mexico City. George was on business. And there was also a Russian exhibit which we missed in New York.

Mr. Jenner.

What was the time?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Do you have a date when she eloped--sometime in November.

Mr. Jenner.

What year?
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I am trying to get to the year now. 1959 must be. I think it was 1959.

Mr. Jenner.

Wait a minute.
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I believe it was November 1959, to my best belief. I cannot be sure.
Chronologically, it must be around there.

Mr. Jenner.

You tell me about the incident and I will find the date.
Mrs. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. It was very simple. We had dinner with the presidential pilot and some other friends.

Mr. Jenner.

That is the pilot of the President of Mexico?

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