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The committee's memorandum also discussed the question of the ammunition supply and the requests which started on D-Day for resupply of ammunition for the beachhead, noting that the decision to cancel the'plan to run supplies to the beach using the LCls and LCUs was CIA's unilateral decision. Although no specific criticism was made of the Agency for failure to push the resupply effort by the ships, the implied criticism was apparent. With reference to the air action on 0+2 the Taylor Committee accepted the US Navy's version of the combat air patrol which had been authorized from 0630 - 0730R on the morning of 0+2, putting the full blame for the loss of the American pilots on the Agency because of the early arrival of the B-26s. As mentioned earlier in this chapter and as spelled out in detail in the first volume of this history, this judgment left unanswered many critical questions regarding the performance of the US Navy. Even in the more detailed section which the committee devoted to the role of the US Navy during the course of the Bay of Pigs Operation, the failure of the. combat air patrol was again passed over. The portion of Memorandum No. 1 devoted to "The Exercise -of Control in Washington" provides a glaring example of the attempt to protect President Kennedy's reputation. The report explained the establishment of the CIA command post in Quarters Eye, the around the. clock presence of senior project personnel-- 195 i