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apparently did indicate that there was an upcoming invasion, but none of those in attendance at the briefing recall any mention of numbers of troops or the anticipated D-Day date. The only discrepancy that has been found in the comments of any of the participants who were queried concerns Arthur Schlesinger's remark in his book, One Thousand Days, where his statement that "our brief- ing, which was probably unduly vague" differs from his response to the author's question.* Schles~nger's letter stated: I have checked my journal with the following result. I had an appointment with Dean Rusk on the morning of April 8, 1961 (in a vain effort to get him to oppose the Cuban adventure), and for that reason was late in setting off for New York. I now quote the journal: "Ithen took a plane to New York. I went imme- diately-to the office of the US Delegation to the UN. Tracy Barnes (CIA) and Bill Bowdler (State) had preceded me and were already deep in discussion with AES about a proposed response to ~oa. We discussed aspects of this most of the morning. Then, AES, Harlan Cleveland, Clayton Fritchey and I went to the Century for luncheon. AES made it clear that he wholly disap- proves of the project, objects to the fact that he was given no opportunity to * See page 238 for complete text of Schlesinger's paragraph. - 253 -