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To: TobagoJack who wrote (16801)	1/19/2002 1:40:46 AM
From: Climber	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Sounds like Chinese military officials may have been complicit in this. "After the listening devices were discovered, Western sources said, 20 Chinese air force officers and two officials from China Air Supply Import & Export Corp., which was involved in negotiations for the jet, were detained. Chinese sources said they were being investigated for negligence and for corruption – the American firms were paid about $10 million for the refitting job but China doled out $30 million." <snip> "Western diplomats and executives learned of the case in mid-October when Chinese officials they normally did business with did not appear for meetings. Chinese friends and colleagues informed them that the officials had been arrested, they said." washingtonpost.com So who pocketed the extra $20 mil? Looks like an inside job... ? Climber