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4. Defining relations of the JCS to the President in Cold War operations. As Director of Central Intelligence, Mr. Dulles noted that Recommendations 1-4 were "not within my range of competence." Dulles did suggest, however, that if General Taylor and others were to undertake revision of NSC S412--which the DCI strongly recommended--that he would willingly participate in that review. 34/* The fifth recommendation was without title and stated: It is our feeling that every effort should be made to draw all lessons from the Cuban operation, particularly those which point up the errors made and the reasons there- for. For this purpose all the principal participants in the decision making process should be informed of what took place so that the operation can be viewed objectively in its totality. Because of the tight security which surrounded the operation in governmental circles, probably no one official now knows all the important facts concerning it. We believe that the Cuban Study Group should give an oral presentation to the participants of the highlights of their study. 36/ The next paragraph suggested the need for the President to emphasize to his principal advisers the need for a change in attitude on the part of the government and in the people of the United States toward the "life and death struggle which w~ may be losing, and will lose unless we change our ways and marshall our resources with an intensity associated in the AThe Agency had made detailed proposals for the CSG's consideration in formulating recommendations on paramilitary activities. 35/ 219