Was that a diplo officer or a consular officer?
MR. KELLY: No, I am not sure. I’m not sure, Nick. I know that we’re – we’ve been in contact, our consular officials have been in contact with all American citizens who are in Xinjiang, and all have reported in, and all are safe. QUESTION: And did – has the Embassy asked for – not an explanation, but at least some clarity by the Chinese Government of what exactly is happening? And have you seen reports about the Chinese blocking Facebook and other social network websites to prevent the spread of information about what’s — MR. KELLY: Well, I think on the first part of your question, we have been in contact through our chargé in Beijing to try and get more information. I mentioned yesterday that we raised this with the vice foreign minister a couple days ago, with Mr. Wu Dawei. On the issue of – on – I mean, we’ve – on the issue of restriction of access to the internet and other information sources, I mean, we’ve seen reports of this, and of course, we – we’re always concerned about any
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