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rep SECRET there was training. That was clearly authorized, and it was clearly contemplated that there would be or could be a military action. But it simply was not true that Kennedy inherited a plan that he couldn't change. As a matter of fact, the planning that was done in his administration was changed. The Bay of Pigs was not the first landing point. That was changed. But none of that, no planning process in the Eisen- hower administration had got to the point of discussing what would be the landing point. 45/ What both Gray and Eisenhower conveniently ig- nored, as has been pointed out in the preceding dis- cussion, was the major change that was made in the concept in November of 1960. What was to have been an infiltration of numerous small teams of communi- cators and PM trainers became an amphibious invasion plan calling for a major enlargement of the exile Brigade and an air operations plan which would be critical to both the Brigade's l~nding and its ability to be sustained once ashore in Cuba. What was yet , undecided as Eisenhower was succeeded by Kennedy were the issues which the Special Group had argued through- out the weeks from mid-November into January -- the number of troops that should be or could be trained, "- the facilities that would be available for training sites (possibly in third countries or in the United - 202 - mil SECRel