Pentagon Papers

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classified study government document historical document

The Pentagon Papers are a classified U.S. Department of Defense study, leaked in 1971, that revealed previously undisclosed information about American political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.

Aliases (2)

Pentagon Papers controversy ×2
Pentagon Papers leak ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	classified study → government document → historical document →
alsoKnownAs	United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense →
archivesAt	Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library → National Archives and Records Administration →
author	Office of the Secretary of Defense →
classificationStatus	Top Secret (originally) →
commissionedBy	Robert McNamara →
compiledBy	United States Department of Defense →
completionDate	1969 →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
declassificationStatus	fully declassified (2011 public release) → partially declassified →
describedEvent	Gulf of Tonkin incident → U.S. escalation in Vietnam → Vietnam War →
describedTimePeriod	1945–1967 →
disclosed	U.S. government misled the public about the Vietnam War → internal doubts within the U.S. government about war progress → secret expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia and Laos →
firstPublishedIn	The New York Times →
hasPart	47 volumes → government documents and memoranda → historical analysis →
influenced	U.S. government transparency debates → public opinion about the Vietnam War → subsequent whistleblowers →
language	English →
leakDate	1971 →
leakedBy	Daniel Ellsberg →
leakedTo	The New York Times → The Washington Post →
legalCase	New York Times Co. v. United States → United States v. Washington Post Co. →
mainSubject	United States foreign policy → United States military strategy → Vietnam War →
mediaCoverageStartDate	June 13, 1971 →
numberOfPages	7000 →
placeOfOrigin	Pentagon →
positionHeldByAuthor	United States Secretary of Defense →
publisher	United States Department of Defense →
relatedTo	First Amendment to the United States Constitution → freedom of the press → whistleblowing in the United States →
shortName	Pentagon Papers →
startTime	1967 →
subjectOf	documentary "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" → film "The Post" →
title	Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Post ("Pentagon Papers controversy") →	basedOn
New York Times Co. v. United States →	documentAtIssue
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg →	involves
The Post →	mainSubject
The New York Times →	notableEventCoverage
Pentagon Papers →	shortName
Nixon administration ("Pentagon Papers controversy") →	significantEvent
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg ("Pentagon Papers leak") →	subjectOf