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for "a preliminary" report. The President was briefed on these preliminary findings on 16 May 1961. Completion of the preliminary report by 11 May is significant for the fact that it was prepared prior to the CSG's meeting with four key individuals involved in the Bay of Pigs operation--DCI Allen 'Dulles and Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chie~ of Naval Operations, both of whom were CSG members, Jacob Esterline, the Agency's Chief of the anti-Castro task forces, WH/4, and General Lemnitzer, Chairman of the JCS. Considering that the CSG not only had to review the testimony of the numerous witnesses who appeared, but also had requested and received literally hundreds of pages of documentary materials pertaining to specific aspects of the overall operation, one might wonder whether the committee's findings, conclusions, and recommendations were not more hurriedly drawn than need have been, particularly since the final report was not transmitted to President Kennedy until 13 June 19.61. Another aspect of the Taylor Committee Report which gives one pause towonder--as it gave Taylor himself some qualms--was the makeup of the committee. Taylor has written that the Attorney General "could be counted on to look after the - interests of the President": while Admiral Burke and DCI Dulles "would see that no injustice would be done to the Chiefs of Staff or the CIA." The general reported that his fears concerning differences of opinion among committee members 13