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| Wikileaks files show UK considered 'paranoid' by US | Wikileaks files show UK considered 'paranoid' by US |
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| Files newly released by the Wikileaks website highlight what is described as the UK's "paranoia" about its so-called special relationship with the US. | Files newly released by the Wikileaks website highlight what is described as the UK's "paranoia" about its so-called special relationship with the US. |
| In one cable, a senior US diplomat describes "excessive UK speculation" after Barack Obama became president. | In one cable, a senior US diplomat describes "excessive UK speculation" after Barack Obama became president. |
| "This over-reading would often be humorous, if it were not so corrosive," says the cable, reports the Guardian. | "This over-reading would often be humorous, if it were not so corrosive," says the cable, reports the Guardian. |
| The cables detail efforts by leading Tories, who are now in government, to stress their pro-US credentials. | The cables detail efforts by leading Tories, who are now in government, to stress their pro-US credentials. |
| A 2008 cable written by US deputy chief of mission Richard LeBaron describes a meeting with William Hague, then a Conservative frontbencher and now foreign secretary. | |
| When asked at the meeting whether the relationship was "still special", Mr Hague is said to have replied: "We want a pro-American regime. We need it. The world needs it." | |
| The messages are among more than 250,000 US cables obtained by Wikileaks and being published in stages by the whistle-blowing website. | |
| Details are also being published in the Guardian and several other papers around the world that gained an advance look at the material. |