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To: Mohan Marette who started this subject5/2/2001 5:07:48 PM
From: Ajay Aggarwal   of 115
 
U.S. halts all military contacts with China

cnn.com

May 2, 2001
Web posted at: 5:03 p.m. EDT (2103 GMT)

From Chris Plante
CNN National Security Producer

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has ordered
a halt to all U.S. military "programs and
contacts" with China, according to a
Defense Department memo revealed to
CNN on Wednesday.

Pentagon officials said they believe the order means that Navy port calls to Hong
Kong and other Chinese cities will be halted, and planned search missions for
servicemen missing in action in China since World War II will be put on hold.

The Rumsfeld decision apparently was made in response to the April 1 collision
between a Navy EP-3E surveillance aircraft and a Chinese fighter jet that forced
the U.S. plane to land on China's Hainan Island.

Twenty-four crew members were held for 11
days by the Chinese before their release could be
arranged. The U.S. plane remains on the island.

A U.S. inspection team had access twice
Wednesday to the plane in an effort to determine
whether the plane can be repaired to allow it to be
flown off the island.

In a Defense Department memo dated April 30,
Rumsfeld directed the suspension of all
Department of Defense programs, contacts and
activities with the People's Republic of China until
further notice."

There was no public announcement made of the
change in policy and officials said the memo
could not be released to the public.




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