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QUESTION POSED From: Cheryl Mills To: Hillary Clinton Date: 2010-12-03 06:48 Subject: QUESTION POSED

 

UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05776686 Date: 08/31/2015 RELEASE IN PART B6 Mills, Cheryl D <MillsCD@state.govFrom: Sent: Friday, December 3, 2010 1:48 PM To: Subject: Question Posed From: Breeden, Philip X Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 12:25 PM To: Smith, Dana S Cc: Hammer, Michael A; 'Chang, Benjamin'; Harris, Jennifer D; Ratney, Michael A; Boland, MatthewH; Crowley, PhilipJ Subject: excerpt fromJulianAssangeliveonlineQandAwiththeGuardiantoday

 

I ama former British diplomat. In the course of my former duties I helped to coordinate multilateral action against a brutal regime in the Balkans, impose sanctions on a renegade state threatening ethnic cleansing, and negotiate a debt relief programme for an impoverished nation. None of this would have been possible without the security and secrecy of diplomatic correspondence, and the protection of that correspondence frompublication under the laws of the UKand many other liberal and democratic states.

 

An embassy which cannot securely offer advice or pass messages back to London is an embassy which cannot operate. Diplomacy cannot operate without discretion and the protectionof sources. This applies tothe UKandthe UNas muchas the US. Inpublishingthismassivevolumeof correspondence, Wikileaksisnot highlightingspecificcasesof wrongdoingbut underminingthe entire process of diplomacy. If youcanpublishUScables thenyoucanpublishUKtelegrams andUN emails.

 

My question to you is: why should we not hold you personally responsible when next an international crisis goes unresolved because diplomats cannot function.

 

JulianAssange: If youtrimthe vast editorial letter tothe singular questionactually asked, I wouldbe happy togive it my attention.

 

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