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To: Ilaine who wrote (88985)	4/3/2001 10:07:08 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

In light of the fact that we are considering selling more fancy weapons to Taiwan, the timing of this incident doesn't seem like a coincidence to me. They are testing us. This is utterly wrong. Hope no policy makers are thinking the same way. The intercepts by fighters are nothing new. They occur routinely whenever a spy plane is within a few miles of a nation's air space. To suggest that the incident was planned would require the conclusion that the Chinese fighter pilot was ordered to commit suicide by bumping into the EP-3. I don't buy that. Moreover, why would China take any action which would increase the possibility of more advanced arms being sold to Taiwan? To do so would be directly against China's interests. There is no doubt that both sides are scrambling to come up with a solution which allows each to save face. I find it inexplicable that the U.S. announced the incident to the press. The best way to have dealt with it would have been to keep it secret in order to avoid the political pressures which attend these kinds of accidents.