
The Pentagon Papers | The Cold Warrior | 1
American Scandal
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Military Assistance Command in Viatnon Colonel Dan Elsberg
Colonel Daniel elsburg is called into a war room at the pentagon. The only place inside the pentagon with a direct phone line to american officers in viat nan, personnel who can pro first hand testimony about the need for war. After months of work making the case for war and viet nam, finally, ellsburg and mc naughton are about to reap the fruits of their labor. In just a few moments prime time programming will be interrupted for a press conference with president lindon johnson. Ellsburg knows this is a momentous occasion. There's no mistaking it: America has to win the cold war, and American must achieve victory and ve
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