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CHAPTER 4 The Taylor Committee Report A. The Preliminary Report As requested in his 22 April 19.61 letter to General Taylor, the President was given a briefing by the General on the pre- liminary findings of the Committee on 16 May 1961. This meeting is important to an appreciation of the final report of the Taylor Committee for a number of reasons: 1. The close correspondence between the findings of this meeting and the final report of the CSG indicates that for all practical purposes the conclusions regarding the operation were firmly established by the CSG within a period of roughly three weeks from the time of their first meeting, despite the fact that it would be another month before a final report was forwarded to President Kennedy. 2. Although the findings specified in the 16 May 1~61 meeting with the President were reached prior to the appearances of Admiral Burke, General Lemnitzer, Mr. Dulles, or Jake Esterline as witnesses before the Taylor Committee, there 171 • ..' /