Annex No. 20 Memorandum for Mr Murrow From Donald M. Wilson

Supplemental material used in Maxwell Taylor's report on the Bay of Pigs operation.

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20 I' 6th nails EYES ONLY April 25, 1961 MEMORANDUM FOR: M=. Murrow FROM: Donald M. Wilson American Herewith a draft memorandum to General Maxwell Taylor or whomever else you feel might want it: 1. On Thursday, March 30, at a luncheon including McGeorge Bundy, Gilpatric, Dulles, Bowles, Bell, and myself some casual and uniniormative remarks were made concerning possible action in Cuba. 2. On April 5 Mr. Donald M. Wilson, Deputy Director of US.A, was invited to breakfast by ( told Wilson that widespread operations were underway for 2 landing in Cuba backed and planned by CIA. He indicated that the [ had a very full story on the operation which they did not intend to print. Because it war inimical to the national interest, C. saw Wilson in the hope :f persuading USIA to aut horize an Information Officer in Miami to brief correspondents once the landings occurred.