Hillary Clinton’s State Department aides batted around a series of proposals to let wealthy and influential entrepreneurs and investors tag along for Clinton’s overseas trips as she engaged in shuttle diplomacy that took her all over the world.

The emails, released by Citizens United, come from official State Department archives – as opposed to hacked emails that have roiled the Clinton campaign for weeks.

Dennis Cheng, who is Clinton's campaign fundraising chair but used to hold a protocol post at the State Department (he later directed development at the Clinton Foundation) emailed Huma Abedin one such proposal in October 2010.

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'Not urgent, but question for you,' Cheng wrote as he introduced the idea.

'Do you know if there’s ever been or if there’s been talk of organizing business delegations for S trips abroad?’ in an apparent reference to the then-secretary of state.

‘Not to travel on the plane with her, but to coincide with her trip schedule and to participate in appropriate events during trips.'

He continued: 'Marc Lasry mentioned that he would be very interested in helping with that if that’ something we would want to do.'

Lasry is a billionaire hedge fund manager who runs Avenue Capital and is co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks. The agency released the emails through freedom of information requests and litigation.

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CURRY FAVOR? Bal Das, a member of the 'Indian diaspora' who is a major Clinton donor, sought to hop on a trip to India

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Abedin responded that in the past 'business' delegations had been handled by the office of the U.S. Trade Representative – but sounded keen on the idea.

'BUT why couldn’t we do something like that. I think in white house days we used to do it when potus traveled,' she added.

'Cool,' Cheng replied, asking Abedin to put together a 'draft proposal.'

An earlier email from Cheng to Abedin in July 2010 asks: ‘Does HRC invite people to join her on overseas trips? Bal is asking re: India trip.’

Cheng had received an email about an hour earlier from Bal Das, vice chairman of Kailix Investment Advisors on Madison Avenue.

Das had inquired: ‘Is Secretary Clinton considering having selected senior members of the Indian Diaspora join her in her first trip to India later this month….If she is I would like to submit my name for consideration.’

Abedin replied: ‘She doesn’t’ for private citizens unless there’s a delegation for something (inauguration, funeral etc.).’ But then she added: ‘We will need to start inviting members soon but we haven’t done a lot of that either’ – in what could be a reference to Members of Congress. She said the India plane was ‘at capacity.’

Das was a ‘HillRaiser’ for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign for president.

The Washington post described him in 2007 in a profile as a ‘valuable power within the Democratic Party, and particularly in Hillary Rodham Clinton's run for the presidency.’

‘As a senior partner and general counsel for a small, highly profitable specialty finance company called InsCap, he doesn't go running for a mention in Page Six and doesn't mug for nightlife photographer Patrick McMullan,’ according to the profile. ‘Instead, he's someone people-in-the-know know, someone who, by raising oodles of money for Democrats, is routinely courted by politicians across the country.’

Another email from Cheng in March 2009 appears to respond to a query asking ‘who our strong Hispanic supporters could we nominate for Amb to the Vatican?’

Chen offered a suggestion – redacted – and then gave ‘Another suggestion: [also redacted].’