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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/leak-wont-hit-usuk-relationship.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Nick Clegg assured the US that the country's 'unique relationship' with the UK will not be harmed by WikiLeaks" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-leak-wont-hit-usuk-relationship.jpg" alt="Nick Clegg assured the US that the country's 'unique relationship' with the UK will not be harmed by WikiLeaks"/></a></p>
<p>Britain has assured the US that the leak of 250,000 secret documents to whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks will not affect the &#8220;uniquely strong relationship&#8221; between the countries.</p>
<p>Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave the assurance to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the pair met at a summit of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Kazakhstan.</p>
<p>The disclosure of the US State Department documents has caused embarrassment in both London and Washington, exposing candid &#8211; and sometimes unflattering &#8211; assessments of British politicians passed on by US diplomats.</p>
<p>A new tranche of documents reveals that the US embassy reported back to Washington on the governor of the Bank of England&#8217;s pre-election concerns about David Cameron and George Osborne&#8217;s lack of experience and on Tory insiders&#8217; fear that the then-shadow chancellor was seen as &#8220;lightweight&#8221;.</p>
<p>The cables also revealed that a Liberal Democrat plan to attack Mr Cameron as &#8220;fake&#8221; and &#8220;out of touch&#8221; during the election campaign was dropped after the death of his child Ivan.</p>
<p>Following his discussion with Mrs Clinton in the Kazakh capital Astana, Mr Clegg said: &#8220;We discussed a wide range of issues, including Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Middle East peace process and Sudan. </p>
<p>&#8220;I made clear to Secretary Clinton that recent Wikileaks disclosures would not affect our uniquely strong relationship. UK-US co-operation will continue with the same depth and closeness as before.</p>
<p>&#8220;I also took the opportunity to raise the case of Shaker Aamer, the last remaining British resident detained in Guantanamo Bay. I stressed the importance to the UK of early movement on his case.&#8221;</p>
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