PentagonPapers

ThePentagonPapers,officiallytitled"ReportoftheOfficeoftheSecretaryofDefense
VietnamTaskForce",wascommissionedbySecretaryofDefenseRobertMcNamarain
1967.InJuneof1971,smallportionsofthereportwereleakedtothepressandwidely
distributed.However,thepublicationsofthereportthatresultedfromtheseleakswere
incompleteandsufferedfrommanyqualityissues.
Onthe40thanniversaryoftheleaktothepress,theNationalArchives,alongwiththe
Kennedy,Johnson,andNixonPresidentialLibraries,hasreleasedthecompletereport.
Thereare48boxesandapproximately7,000declassifiedpages.Approximately34%of
thereportisavailableforthefirsttime.

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Title

FileSize

ARC
ID

Index

(3.84MB)

589048
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[PartI]VietnamandtheU.S.,19401950

(121MB)

589048
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[PartII]U.S.InvolvementintheFrancoVietMinhWar,19501954

(46.1MB)

589048
6

[PartIII]TheGenevaAccords

(66MB)

589048
7

[PartIV.A.1.]EvolutionoftheWar.NATOandSEATO:A
Comparison

(26.3MB)

589048
8

[PartIV.A.2.]EvolutionoftheWar.AidforFranceinIndochina,
195054

(17.7MB)

589048
9

[PartIV.A.3.]EvolutionoftheWar.U.S.andFrance'sWithdrawal
fromVietnam,195456

(35.2MB)

589049
0

[PartIV.A.4.]EvolutionoftheWar.U.S.TrainingofVietnamese
NationalArmy,195459

(53.3MB)

589049
1

[PartIV.A.5.]EvolutionoftheWar.OriginsoftheInsurgency

(185.8MB)

589049
2

[PartIV.B.1.]EvolutionoftheWar.Counterinsurgency:The
KennedyCommitmentsandPrograms,1961

(90.9MB)

589049
3

[PartIV.B.2.]EvolutionoftheWar.Counterinsurgency:Strategic
HamletProgram,196163

(27MB)

589049
4

[PartIV.B.3.]EvolutionoftheWar.Counterinsurgency:The
AdvisoryBuildup,196167

(74MB)

589049
5

[PartIV.B.4.]EvolutionoftheWar.Counterinsurgency:Phased
WithdrawalofU.S.ForcesinVietnam,196264

(29.3MB)

589049
6

[PartIV.B.5.]EvolutionoftheWar.Counterinsurgency:The
OverthrowofNgoDinhDiem,MayNov.1963

(55.6MB)

589049
7

[PartIV.C.1.]EvolutionoftheWar.U.S.ProgramsinSouth
Vietnam,November1963April1965:NASM273NSAM288
Honolulu

(73MB)

589049
8

[PartIV.C.2.a.]EvolutionoftheWar.MilitaryPressuresAgainst
NVN.FebruaryJune1964

(38.7MB)

589049
9

[PartIV.C.2.b.]EvolutionoftheWar.MilitaryPressuresAgainst
NVN.JulyOctober1964

(48MB)

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0

[PartIV.C.2.c.]EvolutionoftheWar.MilitaryPressuresAgainst
NVN.NovemberDecember1964

(57.1MB)

589050
1

[PartIV.C.3.]EvolutionoftheWar.ROLLINGTHUNDERProgram
Begins:JanuaryJune1965

(92.9MB)

589050
2

[PartIV.C.4.]EvolutionoftheWar.MarineCombatUnitsGoto
DaNang,March1965

(22.4MB)

589050
3

[PartIV.C.5.]EvolutionoftheWar.PhaseIintheBuildupofU.S.
Forces:MarchJuly1965

(68.7MB)

589050
4

[PartIV.C.6.a.]EvolutionoftheWar.U.S.GroundStrategyand
ForceDeployments:19651967.VolumeI:PhaseII,Program3,
Program4

(72.3MB)

589050
5

[PartIV.C.6.b.]EvolutionoftheWar.U.S.GroundStrategyand
ForceDeployments:19651967.VolumeII:Program5

(116.4MB)

589050
6

[PartIV.C.6.c.]EvolutionoftheWar.U.S.GroundStrategyand
ForceDeployments:19651967.VolumeIII:Program6

(47MB)

589050
7

[PartIV.C.7.a.]EvolutionoftheWar.AirWarintheNorth:1965
1968.VolumeI

(106.5MB)

589050
8

[PartIV.C.7.b.]EvolutionoftheWar.AirWarintheNorth:1965
1968.VolumeII

(101.4MB)

589050
9

[PartIV.C.8.]EvolutionoftheWar.ReemphasisonPacification:
19651967

(534MB)

589051
0

[PartIV.C.9.a.]EvolutionoftheWar.U.S.GVNRelations.Volume
1:December1963June1965

(325.1MB)

589051
1

[PartIV.C.9.b.]EvolutionoftheWar.U.S.GVNRelations.Volume
2:July1965December1967

(309.5MB)

589051
2

[PartIV.C.10.]EvolutionoftheWar.StatisticalSurveyoftheWar,
NorthandSouth:19651967

(103.4MB)

589051
3

[PartV.A.]JustificationoftheWar.PublicStatements.VolumeI:
ATheTrumanAdministration

(386.8MB)

589051
4

[PartV.A.]JustificationoftheWar.PublicStatements.VolumeI:
BTheEisenhowerAdministration

(190.6MB)

589051
5

[PartV.A.]JustificationoftheWar.PublicStatements.VolumeI:
CTheKennedyAdministration

(164.7MB)

589051
6

[PartV.A.]JustificationoftheWar.PublicStatements.VolumeII:
DTheJohnsonAdministration

(496.1MB)

589051
7

[PartV.B.1.]JustificationoftheWar.InternalDocuments.The
RooseveltAdministration

(309.4MB)

589051
8

[PartV.B.2.a.]JustificationoftheWar.InternalDocuments.The
TrumanAdministration.VolumeI:19451949

(121.5MB)

589051
9

[PartV.B.2.b.]JustificationoftheWar.InternalDocuments.The
TrumanAdministration.VolumeII:19501952

(138.5MB)

589052
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[PartV.B.3.a.]JustificationoftheWar.InternalDocuments.The
EisenhowerAdministration.VolumeI:1953

(134.4MB)

589052
1

[PartV.B.3.b.]JustificationoftheWar.InternalDocuments.The
EisenhowerAdministration.VolumeII:1954Geneva

(223MB)

589052
2

[PartV.B.3.c.]JustificationoftheWar.InternalDocuments.The
EisenhowerAdministration.VolumeIII:GenevaAccords15March
1956

(190.8MB)

589052
3

[PartV.B.3.d.]JustificationoftheWar.InternalDocuments.The
EisenhowerAdministration.VolumeIV:1956FrenchWithdrawal
1960

(156.2MB)

589052
4

[PartV.B.4.]JustificationoftheWar.InternalDocuments.The
KennedyAdministration.BookI

(196.3MB)

589052
5

[PartV.B.4.]JustificationoftheWar.InternalDocuments.The
KennedyAdministration.BookII

(103.1MB)

589052
6

[PartVI.A.]SettlementoftheConflict.Negotiations,196567:The
PublicRecord

(42MB)

589052
7

[PartVI.B.]SettlementoftheConflict.Negotiations,196567:
AnnouncedPositionStatements

(140.7MB)

589052
8

[PartVI.C.1.]SettlementoftheConflict.HistoriesofContacts.
19651966

(90.9MB)

589052
9

[PartVI.C.2.]SettlementoftheConflict.HistoriesofContacts.
PolishTrack

(71.4MB)

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[PartVI.C.3.]SettlementoftheConflict.HistoriesofContacts.
MoscowLondonTrack

(74MB)

589053
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[PartVI.C.4.]SettlementoftheConflict.HistoriesofContacts.
19671968

(139.9MB)

589053
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