WikiLeaks' Kiwi leaks

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Source: Sunday Star Times

The Sunday Star-Times has obtained from WikiLeaks around 1500 American cables that refer specifically to New Zealand.

WikiLeaks in the process of releasing 251,000 United States embassy cables from around the world but, until today, none of the 1490 cables sent from Wellington have been made public.

The cables we have obtained reveal that full collaboration with US intelligence agencies – curtailed after New Zealand's anti-nuclear policies – were resumed in August last year, something both governments kept secret. Ahead of a scheduled visit in January this year, postponed until November, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was warned not to acknowledge the news in public.

The cables also reveal an increase in co-operation with US intelligence agencies and military, contradicting statements in New Zealand intelligence agency annual reports that their operations relate purely to national security. According to the cables, US and New Zealand officials again preferred to keep the change secret.



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