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invasion troops to call for it, it was planned that the troops would be evacuated by boat--according to the colonel using some of the aluminum boats which had been acquired for assistance in off-loading men and supplies. One important caveat offered bY[ [CsubsequentlY supported by Grayston Lynch) was that an individual--but not a unit--could support himself in the swampy area of Zapata. He said that a man could find enough small game, fish, and fresh water to insure survival. I lalso informed the CSG that there was no evidence to indicate that as the beachhead was collapsing that Pepe San Roman had given orders to his "54/ gO to 9uerrilla status. ~ ~!also was of the opinion that if the planned bad been called off as the ships were en route to Cuba, the members of the Cuban brigade probably would have taken over and attempted to run the operation themselves. In his words: I was informed that if the operation was called off they would take over. They said that as a friend we want you to direct all your people not to resist if this comes about, because we don't want anybody to get hurt. Con- consequently I had all our people turn in their side arms. I would say after the first of April it was a "go" operation. 2.21* The testimony given by McGeorge Bundy, President Kennedy's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs, was unique among the witnesse.s appearing before the Taylor Committee. With * In the course of interviews with the author of this history, some o~ the AgenC\p:rsonr1 who had participated in the operation in- dicated that had tried to promote such a take-over even if the. cancel a Joon ook place before the troops departed the Guatemalan training base. This author believes that such statements reflect personal animosit~ toward [ [ 65 'j. :'~~