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To: pcstel who wrote (97303)	4/11/2001 1:30:42 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

>> And in the context of the letter.. The US seems to have admitted that it did enter Chinese Airspace which which may have led to the encounter.. I'd have to say your reading comprehension skills are suspect. dailynews.yahoo.com >> Now you can still deploy that Unicom CDMA system. In terms of the implications of this incident, I never ranked that as an important issue. As the father of two children, I was more concerned with the possibility of increased hostilities that might lead to war. uf

To: pcstel who wrote (97303)	4/11/2001 1:36:01 PM
From: Hepps	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

>>Confirmation of our right to continue surveillance flights.. LOL!! Was that ever an issue.. It's International Airspace you can do all the Surveillance Flight you want to.. As long as you don't trespass into Sovereign Chinese Airspace whilst doing it.. And in the context of the letter.. The US seems to have admitted that it did enter Chinese Airspace which which may have led to the encounter.. From the text.."We are very sorry the entering of China's airspace and the landing did not have verbal clearance"... Notice, it indicates that the US entered Chinese airspace, AND landing without clearance".. It did not say.. They were very sorry for entering Chinese Airspace, WHILST, attempting to land without verbal clearance".. I don't think the Chinese ever made a statement about "Say your sorry for one of your aircraft performing an "Emergency Landing" at one of our Airports.. I don't think such an incident, would require "An Apology".. << I'm not sure what news sources you've been watching... The Apology that we rendered means nothing in the international community, and the real issue was whether or not we took responsibility. We didn't. We acknowledged the violation of their airspace, but left it vague enough so both sides could claim a victory. So be it. The fact is that we were outside of of the internationally acknowledged 12 mile limit, and we have that right. China stands alone in trying to claim 200 mile limits to it's shores, and extend it's hegimony over the south China sea. We aren't going to let that happen, it is not the accepted practice of international law, and we won't make any more of an exception for them than we did for Libya and their line of death. The fact is that we routinely take military ships certain places just to reaffirm our right to do so. Make no mistake about it, we'll be back at it in a couple of weeks, but this time with some top cover. China will keep it's mouth shut, because there's nothing they can do about it, if they want to be viewed as a member of the international community that plays by the rules, ... and nothing will have changed. The Chinese are confusing to deal with because its difficult to tell who's in charge. But the bottom line is that any nation that does not appear to be playing by the rules of the international community comes out the loser. Just my Two cents HEPPS