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Ellsberg Prosecution Stance

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1971

Richard Milhous Nixon29 June 1971

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Nixon tells Cabinet members that the administration intends to continue prosecuting Ellsberg over the Pentagon Papers disclosure.

Names involved

Richard Milhous Nixon

Provenance

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