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France "will not tolerate" acts that threaten its security, President Francois Hollande says, after Wikileaks revealed that the US spied on him and his two predecessors.
A statement from the French presidency (in French) said the US must respect a promise not to spy on French leaders.
Wikileaks says US spies eavesdropped on Mr Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac between 2006-12.
The US said it would not comment "specific intelligence allegations".
Ned Price, a spokesman for the US National Security Council, added that the US was "not targeting and will not target" the communications of Mr Hollande".
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has previously been accused of spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and on Brazilian and Mexican leaders.
Wikileaks began publishing the files on Tuesday, under the heading "Espionnage Elysee" - a reference to the French presidential palace.
It said the secret files "derive from directly targeted NSA surveillance of the communications" of the three French presidents as well as French ministers and the ambassador to the US.
The French statement came after an emergency meeting of security chiefs in Paris.
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