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He told a press conference in Berlin the leaks consist of "one million" documents based on “three Governments and the US election”.

Mr Assange spoke via video link to the conference from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been living for more than four years.

Many had thought Assange was set to reveal a huge bombshell which could rock the US election race but the 'October surprise' has been delayed.

He told the audience: “There’s enormous expectation in the United States… some of that expectation will be partly answered.

“But you understand that if we’re going to make a major publication in the United States at a particular hour, we won’t do it at 3am.”

He did reveal that WikiLeaks would publish information on the US election every week for the next ten weeks to mark its 10th anniversary.

Tthe first publication could be expected "this week".

He said: "We have on schedule all the US election documents to come out before November 8.

Assange also revealed the upcoming series would include “significant” information on Google, oil, arms and the US elections.

The 45-year-old said that the leaks would focus on the US election but did not mention Clinton by name instead he said what will be released will be “fascinating”.

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