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and proceed with the invasion seem high~y exaggerated in light of the subsequent performance of the invading Brigade. The action of the troops aboard the Houston, the long runs made by the Atlantico and the Caribe on D-Day also would indicate that if it had been clearly specified that there would be absolutely no air cover or that Castro troops were ready and waiting -- there would have beert little, if any, resistance to a recall order. Following the collapse of the invasion, the issue of the cancellation of the air strike scheduled for D-Day became highly political, particularly follow- ing Castro's release of the Brigade prisoners in Decem- ber 1962. One of the most demonstrably partisan pe~- formers was President Kennedy's brother, the Attorney General~ Robert Kennedy. In the course of his partici- pation as a member of the Taylor Committee to investi- gate the Bay of Pigs, it was apparent that, whatever else, he intended to protect the gobd name of the President. * Concerning the cancellation of the second * Interestingly enough, the sessions of the Taylor Committee were not recorded verbatim; and the researcher usually must speculate on the identity of a given ques- tioner. On many questions which have obvious political overtones, it is apparent that Mr. ~edy is speaking. - 295 -