Hamish Macdonell - the price of a photcall

WORD has just reached The Steamie of what really went on behind the scenes ahead of the ground-breaking meeting between Alex Salmond and Hillary Clinton in Washington yesterday.
Apparently, officials for the US Secretary of State decided not to release details of the planned meeting ahead of time, just in case Mr Salmond couldn't make it, which would have left Ms Clinton looking desperate.
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