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To: Sharck who started this subject	5/2/2001 7:29:50 PM
From: besttrader	of 37746

Wednesday, 2 May, 2001, 23:01 GMT 00:01 UK Pentagon: No China military suspension The United States has retracted the announcement of an immediate suspension of all military contacts with China, saying it was the product of a misunderstanding. Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral Craig Quigley said a memorandum ordering the suspension - and released to the media - was written by an aide who had misinterpreted the intentions of Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The spokesman said that Mr Rumsfeld had called for all proposed contacts and activities with the Chinese military to be reviewed and approved by the Pentagon on case-by-case basis, not suspended. The BBC's Nick Bryant in Washington says the retraction will come as an embarrassment to the US, which is hoping that China will return an American spy plane grounded on Hainan Island since 1 April. Before the retraction there was much speculation that the measure was largely a response to Beijing's refusal to return the spy plane. US civil technicians have been examining the plane - which was involved in a collision with a Chinese fighter jet in mid air - after China gave permission for the inspection last Sunday. At the time, US Vice-President Dick Cheney described the Chinese permission as an "encouraging sign". The spy plane incident led to a tense stand off between Washington and Beijing, as the Chinese authorities held the 24-member American crew for 11 days, demanding that the US take the blame for the accident. China has not yet given permission for the aircraft to be moved. Relations between the two countries have come under increasing strain since President George W Bush was inaugurated in January. Beijing has vehemently opposed a new US arms package for Taiwan and condemned Mr Bush's plans for a new missile defence system.

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