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To: michael97123 who wrote (45106)	4/5/2001 12:13:43 PM
From: willcousa	Respond to of 70976

I agree that there is no evidence we are being unreasonable nor that we are not handling this properly. Firmness is warranted and I expect we are giving it. I don't care how many Chinese people support their government. I certainly wouldn't trust any demonstrations or news releases they issue to tell me what the people think. They must be informed to have an opinion due any weight.

To: michael97123 who wrote (45106)	4/5/2001 12:47:40 PM
From: Katherine Derbyshire	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

OT China One of the early reports quoted a Navy aviator as saying (paraphrasing) that any fighter pilot who can't avoid a collision with a P3 deserves to be laughed out of the sky. I tend to agree, and that may be part of the problem. If China admits that the collision was their fault (including letting us argue that it wasn't our fault), then their pilots look incompetent, they lose lots of face, and the big stick that they like to wave at Taiwan looks much less threatening. Katherine