In a leaked US State Department cable from 2009, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that research at the Wuhan lab could lead to bio-terrorism.
The cable, obtained via Wikileaks, (read below) was sent from the State Department in June 2009 to all embassies in member nations ahead of the Australia Group plenary session in Paris, September 21-25, 2009.
The Australia Group is an international export control forum organized to prevent the spread of technologies and research that could be used in chemical and biological weapons.
The cable stated, “We believe it is important to focus on emerging chemical and biological technologies, trends in the trade of CBW-related goods and threats.”
The cable also noted that Hillary Clinton expressed her concern with France.
“The U.S. believes participants would benefit from hearing about your experiences assisting China in setting up a Biosafety Level-4 (BSL-4) laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology from the ...
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