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by a member of the CSG whose purpose seemed to be to demonstrate that there was a lack of concern on the part of the JCS and the CIA about the T-33s-~going back to a point or points which had been made during the first and second meetings of the CSG that if President Kennedy had only known that the T-33s posed a threat he undoubtedly would not have cancelled the D-Day air strike. General White, however, avoided argument on this point and stated that if he had known that the T-33s were armed he would have made certain that the airfields where the T-33s were based were brought under attack. In fact, the three airfields that were brought under attack in the course of the D~2 air strikes were the only ones where T-33s were based. In response to the question, "Based on the information you had, then you would never have recommended that they [T-33s] be knocked out?" To which General White responded, "They would have be.en included in the overall plan to knock out 116/ Castro's air force." - With reference to the question of defining the responsibility of the JCS during the course of the Bay of Pigs operation, Gene.ral White's response was that whenever called on, the JCS gave their views to the best of their ability; and he emphasized that although they disagreed with the decision on going to zapata rather than Trinidad, the JCS did support to the fullest the Zapata plan. With 123