WikiLeaks has released the first of its 3,456 diplomatic cables from the American Institute in Taiwan, the defacto U.S. embassy. The unclassified cable from Taipei to Washington went to the State Department and the Department of Energy.
Marked “Sensitive” and “For Official Use Only” the document was created August 13, 2009, and concerns monthly export control reports. The cable discusses a July 21, 2009 meeting with Lin Sheng-Chung, the vice-minister of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs.