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is no evidence that their subsequent testimony " had any detec"table impact on the final report of the CS"G--particularly regarding the strong views of Burke, Dulles, and Esterline that the political restrictions on the Brigade's air operations made the difference between victory and defeat. 3. For all practical purposes the preliminary findings on the causes for the failure of the operation and the preliminary conclusions reached by the CSG would be incorporated almost en toto in the final report. These portions of the final report were based on an 11 May 1961 "Study of the Anti-.Castro Invasion (Zapata)," presumably prepared by, or at the direction of, the Committee. * 4. A draft memorandum on the 16 May 1961 meeting of the Taylor Committee with the Prepident provides one of the few records of President Kennedy's personal thoughts about the Bay of Pigs operation. Because it was one of the two principal sessions between the President and the Committee it is cited in full: * See Appendix 0 fo;r a copy of the 11 May 1961 "Study." 178