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the possible exception of CSG members Admiral Burke and DCI Dulles, who themselves appeared as witnesses, Bundy is the only other individual who is known to have had an opportunity to review his own testimony. The memorandum for record for the seventh meeting of the paramilitary study group shows that the meeting was convened in Bundy's office at the White House and is prefaced with the following comment, liThe notes of Mr. Bundy's interview have been replaced by the Memorandum dated 4 May 1961." This memorandum on White. House stationary and dated 4 May 1961 begins as follows: Dear General Taylor: I regret to say that lam not satisfied with the account of our interview which appears in the Memorandum for Record submitted to me today by Col. Walmsley. It seems to me that I can do a better job of presenting my views on this matter by sending you a memorandum covering my position on the points which are discussed in the Memorandum of Record. 56/* This memorandum from Bundy is a classic example of a rear guard action to protect a President's rear. Bundy wasted no time in making positive assertions about the position of ~resident Kennedy on various of the questionable issues which already were surfacing with reference to the Bay of Pigs Operation. Recognizing that the. change from Trinidad to Zapata came as a - result of objections by the President to the Trinidad plan, Bundy * According to Benjamin W. Tarwater, who became the official recorder for the meetings of the Cuban Study Group, Colonel Walmsley served as an administrative officer for General ~aylor and sat outside the meeting ~rea during the course ot the hearings. 66 J