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Geen ae operation the week after the landing failea is reported in some 70 pages. Thus, while the analysis and conclusions presented herewith regarding the operation are those of the Inspector General, the bases for these conclusions are extensively documented in the files. 3. This, in my opinion, is a fair report even though highly critical. Unfortumately, there has been a tendency in the Agency to gloss over CIA's inadequacies and to attempt to fix all of the blame for the failure of the invasion upon other elements of the Government, rather than to recognize the Agency's weaknesses reflected in this report. Consequently, I will mke no additional distribution of this report until you indicate whom you wish to have copies. In this comection, the President's Foreign Intelli- gence Advisory Board has requested a copy in time for Mr. Coyne to give a brief repart on it at their December 9 meeting. I will await your wishes in this regard. /s/ Lyman Kirkpatrick Lyman B. Kirkpatrick inspector General Attachment