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No, leaked official cables of the secret designation is not the same thing as an anonymous source. The secret designation only denotes that these cables were intended for people with a clearance level of secret (as opposed to say No foreign, Top Secret, etc). The cables authenticity leave no doubt and have been thoroughly investigated by journalists.
You can read these cables for yourself on WikiLeaks (I don't know why the telegraph wouldn't simply link to them).
Here's one for example:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/89BEIJING18828_a.html