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Index on Censorship has obtained copies of correspondence between whistleblowing website Wikileaks and the US embassy in the United Kingdom, which took place between Friday and Sunday. They reveal Wikileaks editor in chief’s last-minute attempt to seek the cooperation of the United States government in redacting information from the latest controversial release of documents.

Mark Stephens of Finers Stephens Innocent, who represents Julian Assange in the UK, is a trustee of Index of Censorship.

26 November

Julian Assange, Editor in Chief, WikiLeaks

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US Ambassador to London, Louis Susman

27 November

Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser, United States Department of State

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Julian Assange, Editor in Chief, WikiLeaks

28 November

Julian Assange, Editor in Chief, WikiLeaks

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US Ambassador to London, Louis Susman