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Pentagon Papers Prior Restraint Litigation

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

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1971

John Mitchell26 June 1971

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Mitchell oversees the administration's legal effort to prevent newspapers from continuing publication of the Pentagon Papers.

Names involved

John Mitchell

Provenance

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