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Pentagon Papers Congressional Possession

United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1971Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1971

Paul McCloskey1971

Washington · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

McCloskey's possession of study documents demonstrates that Ellsberg distributed material through congressional as well as press channels.

Names involved

Paul McCloskey

Provenance

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