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New York Times Halt Demand

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

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1971

John Mitchell14 June 1971

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Mitchell demands that the New York Times stop publishing Pentagon Papers material and return the classified documents.

Names involved

John Mitchell

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