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Pentagon Papers Copy Reaches Washington Post

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

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1971

Ben Bradlee17 June 1971

Washington · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Bradlee receives access to a copy of the Pentagon Papers as the Washington Post prepares its own reporting.

Names involved

Ben Bradlee

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