Paramilitary Study Group Meeting No. 2 Afternoon Session
Report on meeting of the Paramilitary Study Group concerning the Bay of Pigs operation.
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- I made a misstatement in regard to the
decision not to employ napalm. This was not a national, high-
level governmental decision, but the agency made this decision as
they thought that the use of napalm would cause concern and public
outcry.
GENERAL CABELL - Yes, that was in regard to its use in the
Havana area in advance of the operation. However, it was authorized
for use on the beachhead.
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- Another advantage to the Escambray area is
that Castro never used his offensive aircraft against the guerrillas
there and, additionally, tanks and artillery cannot be used in that
terrain.
GENERAL TAYLOR - Would you summarize all the restraints and
restrictions that were put on your operations by policy decisions
and considerations?
- In regard to the Zapata Plan there is the
question of the naval LSD which had aboard it LCUs and LCPs. These
landing craft were to haul troops, tanks and trucks and they were
to be put ashore by Cuban crews. Because they did not wish to have
the Cuban crews riding aboard the Navy's ship we had to run a
rigmarole wherein the LSD rendezvoused with the Cuban Expeditionary
Force ships and the Cuban crews went aboard the landing craft after
they left the LSD.
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MR. BISSELL - Though it was a sizable operation, as far as
we know there were no rumors of the ships having left the port of
embarkation, there was no outcry made in the press, and we have no
indications that the point of landing was known.
GENERAL GRAY - We did receive a report of one airline sighting
wherein their aircraft flew over the ships.
- Bissell's suggestion in regard to having
the ships fan out and then reconverge at at point
worked very well.
GENERAL TAYLOR - Then the only Americans present were in the
LSD?
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