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Statement: Yes, but they hit targets. General Lemnitzer: Yes, but the T-33s didn't sink any ships. Statement: Yes, they did. Statement: No, not the T-33s. I think they were Sea Furies. A Sea Fury was the one that hit the Rio. General Lemnitzer: I have a long list of the reasons why we preferred Trindad to Zapata: It was more distant from Havana, the closeness to the Escambray mountains, there was only one access road into the area, the nearest Cuban army unit of any size was 100 miles away, and considerable support from dissidents was expected in that area. Question: What was the understanding of the importance of control of the air? General Lemnitzer: Absolutely vital to success. Question: Were the Chiefs satisfied with the plan of pre-D-Day strikes? General Lemnitzer: We first talked about some strikes on the day before D-Day, but the D-Day strikes were regarded as critica1 ••• 0f course, elimination of the D-Day strike greatly eliminated the in- surance against attack from the Cuban air force. 131/* * In the course of the discussion of the D-Day and D-2 air strikes, Lemnitzer specified that napalm, as well as bombs and machine guns, was to have been used in the attacks on the Cuban airfields on D-Day. He also repeated this in his 19 May 1961 testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on American Republic Affairs. In fact, napalm had been authorized only for the two B-26s scheduled to hit the tank/truck park at the Managua Military Base on D-Day. 132/ Lemnitzer obviously was confusing the very early planning for the D-Day strike which had called for all of the B-26s which were scheduled to strike the Cuban airfields to carry both napalm and bombs. 1.·4t'6