Daniel Ellsberg Disclosure: Risk of Nuclear War Over Taiwan in 1958 Said to Be Greater Than Publicly Known |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=53839"><span class="small">Charlie Savage, The New York Times</span></a> |
Wednesday, 26 May 2021 13:24 |
Excerpt: "The famed source of the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, has made another unauthorized disclosure - and wants to be prosecuted for it."
Daniel Ellsberg Disclosure: Risk of Nuclear War Over Taiwan in 1958 Said to Be Greater Than Publicly Known26 May 21
American military leaders pushed for a first-use nuclear strike on China, accepting the risk that the Soviet Union would retaliate in kind on behalf of its ally and millions of people would die, dozens of pages from a classified 1966 study of the confrontation show. The government censored those pages when it declassified the study for public release. The document was disclosed by Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked a classified history of the Vietnam War, known as the Pentagon Papers, 50 years ago. Mr. Ellsberg said he had copied the top secret study about the Taiwan Strait crisis at the same time but did not disclose it then. He is now highlighting it amid new tensions between the United States and China over Taiwan. |
Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 May 2021 13:40 |