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Pentagon Papers

Secret U.S. Defense Department history of decision-making on Vietnam, commissioned in 1967, about 7,000 pages long.

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1967–1969
Also known as
Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force, McNamara study, United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967
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  1. Span 1967–1969
  2. produced by United States government 1967–1969

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  1. 1967–1969 Pentagon Papers
  2. 1967–1969 United States government produced Pentagon Papers
Proof 2 sources
  1. Pentagon Papers (National Archives release of the complete report, 2011), U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 2011. Primary record
    The Pentagon Papers, officially titled "Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force", was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967.
  2. Federal Trials and Great Debates in United States History: The Pentagon Papers in the Federal Courts (2nd ed.), Federal Judicial Center, 2019. Primary record
    commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and prepared by a Pentagon task force between 1967 and 1969.
    Ellsberg in 1969 began to photocopy the report from the RAND office in Santa Monica, California
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