Pentagon Papers
Records: 8,292 · Complete: 100%
Originally leaked in 1971 to the NY Times and other papers by Daniel Ellsberg, a contributor to the top-secret Vietnam Study Task Force, the "Pentagon Papers" created controversy within the government by showing that the Johnson Administration had consistently lied to Congress regarding the U.S. policy in Vietnam. Now, for the first time, the full 7,000-page report is available online.
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"Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force ("Pentagon Papers")" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/763/pentagon-papers: accessed May 26, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Pentagon Papers
- Total Records
- 8,292 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- n/a
- Record Group
- 330
- Published on Fold3
- 11 Jul 2011
- Last Updated
- 13 Jul 2011
- Description
- The top-secret Pentagon Papers, published by the New York Times in 1971, revealed to the American public damaging insights into the U.S. policy in Vietnam, 1940-1968.
