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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (2211)	4/4/2001 10:10:11 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 93284

Ridiculous! The PLA is obviously trying to save face. They have been unable to do anything about these spy flights for over 20 years and finally managed to precipitate an incident only at the cost of a fighter and a pilot. The US "demands" are that the Chinese observe international laws and protocols governing these situations which the Chinese signed only 4 years ago. The Bush Administration has striven to avoid having the matter characterized as a "hostage crisis", moved the focus away from the WH to lower the temperature, set a firm tone, and has worked behind the scenes to find a way for both parties to get out of this mess. So far I think the strategy is excellent. JLA

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (2211)	4/5/2001 2:01:38 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

OK, maybe, maybe some minor mistakes were made, although I think JLA made a good case that even that is not the case. Let's consider alternatives. (1) abjectly apologize, agree to stop all reconnaissance flights, even in international airspace (such as this one was) (2) send in a military force to rescue them (3) offer to trade the populations of Beijing, Shanghai, and Canton for the 24 airmen- -via nukes (4) break relations, cut off trade, scuttle their Olympic bid and back to Cold War status for them My favorite is (3); what's yours?