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Pentagon Papers

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

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1971

Daniel Ellsberg4 September 1971

Government / Republican Party Government

Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War

Daniel Ellsberg1971

Government / Republican Party Government

The Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense.

Daniel Ellsberg1971

Government / Republican Party Government

The papers were released by Daniel Ellsberg who had worked on the study, and first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of The New York Times.

Daniel Ellsberg1971

Government / Republican Party Government

is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.

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Daniel Ellsberg

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