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O 20 November 1961 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. McCone SUBJECT 2 Survey of the Cuban Operation 1. Presented herewith is a 150 Page survey of the Cuban operation, together with the mgt important basic documents on the operation which are included in the five ennexes. In this report we have not attempted to go into an exhaustive step by step inspection of every action in the operatio. Nor have we tried to assess individual Performance, although our inspection left us with yery definite views. Rather, we have tried to find out what went wrong, and why, and to present the facts and con« clusions as briefly as possible. This report has been double- spaced for ease in reading. The ten recommendations for corrective action start on page 148. 2. In conducting this survey we reviewed all of the basic files and documents, including all of the mterial prepared by the Agency for General Maxwell Taylor's Committee, as well as the minutes of that Committee which were made available to us. In addition, we conducted extensive interviews with all of the prin- cipal officers on the project from the pp/P on down, and made detailed memoranda for our files on all of these discussions; e.g, uy meeting with the top three officers of the Branch reviewing the Ca ea ee