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The UK was "between a rock and a hard place", one cable to Washington said.
The British ambassador in Libya allegedly told a US diplomat that the Libyans could "cut us off at the knees".
British diplomats planned dramatic and pre-emptive measures preparing for hostile demonstrations and leaving only essential staff in the embassy