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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (42760)	3/11/2000 2:14:00 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 99985

Time to cool the war of words, warns Cohen Saturday, March 11, 2000 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The United States will not be intimidated by belligerent Chinese rhetoric, Defence Secretary William Cohen said as he arrived in Hong Kong yesterday. Mr Cohen, for whom the SAR is the first stop on a regional tour, urged Beijing and Taipei to cool their war of words over Taiwan. But he said there was little chance the verbal exchanges ahead of the island's presidential elections would flare into military confrontation. "As far as firing words as opposed to taking action, that's certainly a change from what they've done in the past. But we want to make sure they continue to work the peaceful way," he said, referring to China firing missiles off Taiwan in 1996 before the last presidential vote. A commentary in the Liberation Army daily warned US policymakers recently it was not wise to get into a fight with China because of its "strategic attack capabilities and long-distance attack capabilities". Mr Cohen brushed aside the implied threat. "I don't believe it reflects official policy, but in any event the United States is not going to be intimidated by such rhetoric," he said. "We will maintain our obligations under the Taiwan Relations Act and will continue to insist the Taiwanese resume negotiations peacefully and not seek independence, which we don't support."