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President Kennedy himself suffered semantic aphasia over the question of US air cover, defending his brother's position that no us air cover had been promised the Cubans and saying that the Attorney General's interview by U.S. Ne~s and World Report describing the cancellation of the strike on the morning of 17 April 1961 was correct. The President, \ too, claimed that the strike was postponed until Monday afternoon; but again, this was less than the truth. The restrike was authorized for just before dawn on Tuesday morning when two separate flights of three B-26's each tried unsuccessfully to find the airfields the other military and comma targets which had been scheduled for the D-Day air strike weren't even considered. 17-19 April 1961 reflects the increasing calls from the Brigade for jet support over the beach. 139b/ In the fall of 1964 iri a Reader's Digest article Richard Nixon also attempted to make some political points concerning the White House's action at the time of the invasion. Nixon stated: He [JFK in talking to Nixon on 20 April 1961, at the White House], did not mention the fatal advice -- given him by some of his liberal State Department and White _ House advisers -- to cancel the two air strikes -- and, in effect, destroy the plan. 140/