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To: Craig Freeman who wrote (20085)	4/15/2001 1:50:47 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 60323

Craig, my sources obtained their information from both U.S. and Taiwanese intelligence. The Chinese made a deliberate attempt to scare off the U.S. plane and it backfired because the Chinese plane got too close. The rest of the story from the Chinese side is merely an attempt to cover up an act of intentional provocation. We ought to send them the bill for repairing our aircraft (not that they would pay it, but simply to remind them that they are to blame for this whole incident). The only thing questionable about the U.S. action is that these planes apparently fly near China on almost a daily basis, but probably don't pick up much useful information. If the U.S. made less frequent flights in that area, the result from an intelligence point of view would hardly be any different, since probably a lot more intelligence comes from satellite photos. I think that the report of the Chinese firing a warning shot is entirely logical. The fact that it hasn't been made public simply avoids getting into a pissing contenst where one side criticizes the other and the other side denies it and criticizes the first side on other points. Anyhow, one of the rules of diplomacy is that neither side admits it is at fault. Art