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To: EepOpp who wrote (97032)	4/6/2001 6:02:22 AM
From: Ibexx	Respond to of 152472

OTOT - 04/06 05:24U.S. Officials Head for Second Meeting With Spy Plane Crew By Michael Forsythe Haikou, China, April 6 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. officials headed for a second meeting with the crew of a stranded U.S. Navy spy plane in the capital of China's southernmost province of Hainan, escorted by Chinese security. The delegation headed by Neil Sealock, U.S. Defense Attache to China, left its hotel about an hour after the meeting was scheduled to begin, at 4 p.m., local time, and was whisked by limousine motorcade across town. The number and names of U.S. officials participating in the meeting with 24 crew members isn't known. Chinese security kept foreign media from the area. In one of two black limousines, U.S. Naval Attache Bradley Kaplan and his assistant Brad Murphy were spotted. All the military officials were in full military dress. The destination of the motorcade -- as well as the exact whereabouts of the crew members -- wasn't disclosed. However, the four-vehicle convoy wasn't headed for the Chinese military base outside of the city. It will be the second meeting since the plane made an emergency landing on Hainan after a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter jet last Sunday. U.S. officials were allowed a 40- minute meeting with the crew on Tuesday. President George W. Bush expressed regret for the apparent death of the Chinese pilot. He said his administration was ``working all diplomatic channels.'' China's President Jiang Zemin, in Chile at the start of a 12- day tour of Latin America, said both sides should try to find an ``adequate solution'' to the issue in the highest interests of their relations. Making Passports In a sign the U.S. may be expecting progress, officials in Hainan have come equipped with a machine for making passports. ``Sooner or later they will need documentation to exit China,'' said Mark Canning, the U.S. delegation's press officer in Hainan. The most likely exit is via a commercial flight from Haikou to Hong Kong, he said. Bush has warned that a protracted dispute would damage U.S.- Sino relations. The standoff may influence a range of policy debates in Washington, including arms sales to Taiwan and renewal of China's low-tariff trade status. Thirty members of Congress have introduced legislation that would revoke China's trade status. The U.S. and China became ``heavily engaged'' in talks late Wednesday and early Thursday, Washington time, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. ``Both sides are quieting down,'' Senator John Warner, chairman of the Senate Armed services Committee, said in Washington. ``They're working at it quietly, competently. I think this thing, hopefully in 72 hours, will work itself out.'' ©2001 Bloomberg L.P. All rights reserved Ibexx