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WASHINGTON — If history is any guide, governments around the world are now receiving reports about the implications of potential regime-change in Canada following Monday’s election.

A fascinating peek into such diplomatic reporting is readily available now, courtesy of Wikileaks having dumped more than two million U.S. diplomatic documents onto the Internet since 2010.

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The cables reveal detailed U.S. analysis the last time polls suggested a change of government in Canada: the electoral calculations, the constitutional rules following the election, strategies for engaging the next government, and the perceived strengths and weaknesses of the party entering power.

The ambassador who signed off on those cables for the last change of government in Canada says it’s a basic responsibility of diplomats to map out likely post-election scenarios.

David Wilkins was the U.S. ambassador in Ottawa when the Tories toppled the Liberals in 2006. Contacted by The Canadian Press, the George W. Bush envoy would not speculate about the current election or current embassy operations.