United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense

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Pentagon Papers classified document government report historical study

The Pentagon Papers is a top-secret U.S. Department of Defense study that revealed previously undisclosed details about American political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967, whose 1971 leak sparked a major freedom-of-the-press and government-transparency controversy.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pentagon Papers ⓘ classified document ⓘ government report ⓘ historical study ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pentagon Papers ⓘ
archivedAt	National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
caused	major freedom-of-the-press controversy in the United States ⓘ major government-transparency controversy in the United States ⓘ
chronologyEndEvent	escalation of U.S. involvement under Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
chronologyStartEvent	end of World War II in Indochina ⓘ
classificationLevel	Top Secret ⓘ
commissionedBy	Robert McNamara ⓘ surface form: Robert S. McNamara
compiledBy	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
declassified	fully released by the U.S. government in 2011 ⓘ partially in the 1970s ⓘ
focus	policy formation rather than battlefield operations ⓘ
genre	official history ⓘ
impact	became a symbol of whistleblowing and government accountability ⓘ increased public skepticism toward U.S. government statements about the Vietnam War ⓘ strengthened legal protections for press freedom in the United States ⓘ
includes	diplomatic cables ⓘ internal memoranda ⓘ policy analyses ⓘ
influenced	public debate over the legitimacy of the Vietnam War ⓘ subsequent U.S. transparency and classification policies ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leakedBy	Daniel Ellsberg ⓘ
leakedIn	1971 ⓘ
leakPublishedBy	The New York Times ⓘ Washington Post ⓘ surface form: The Washington Post other U.S. newspapers ⓘ
medium	typewritten manuscript ⓘ
pages	several thousand pages ⓘ
preparedBy	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
relatedCourtCase	New York Times Co. v. United States ⓘ
reveals	U.S. government decision-making processes regarding Vietnam ⓘ discrepancies between public statements and internal assessments by U.S. officials ⓘ previously undisclosed details of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam ⓘ previously undisclosed details of U.S. political involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
structure	multiple volumes ⓘ
subject	U.S. foreign policy ⓘ United States–Vietnam relations ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ military strategy ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1945–1967 ⓘ
usedIn	New York Times Co. v. United States ⓘ

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