Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers, officially titled Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.
The papers were released by Daniel Ellsberg, who had worked on the study. They were first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of The New York Times in 1971.[1][2]
A 1996 article in The New York Times said that the Pentagon Papers had showed, among other things, that the Johnson Administration "systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress."[3]
Pentagon Papers Media
A November 1950 Central Intelligence Agency map of dissident activities in Indochina, published as part of the Pentagon Papers
Route Packages, areas of bombing over North Vietnam, for Operation Rolling Thunder, mentioned in the Papers
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower greets South Vietnam's President Ngo Dinh Diem, whose rise to power was backed by the United States, according to the Pentagon Papers
Corpse of Ngô Đình Diệm in the 1963 coup
The New York Hilton Midtown (pictured in 2013), where Times reporters organized the Papers for publication in spring 1971
Leslie H. Gelb's signature, taken from the index (page 7) of the Papers
Ellsberg at a fundraiser in 2006
References
- ↑ The Pentagon Papers. United Press International (UPI). 1971. http://www.upi.com/Audio/Year_in_Review/Events-of-1971/The-Pentagon-Papers/12295509436546-7/. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ↑ Sheehan, Neil (1971-06-13). Vietnam Archive: Pentagon Study Traces 3 Decades of Growing U.S. Involvement. https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/13/archives/vietnam-archive-pentagon-study-traces-3-decades-of-growing-u-s.html. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
- ↑ Apple, R.W. (1996-06-23). 25 Years Later;Lessons From the Pentagon Papers. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/23/weekinreview/25-years-later-lessons-from-the-pentagon-papers.html. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
