To: JBL who wrote (9141 ) 5/20/1999 4:39:00 AM From: GUSTAVE JAEGER Read Replies (2) | Respond to
And here's the crux of this German intrigue:... Schroeder was in Beijing last week working to prevent a Chinese veto. He clearly promised the Chinese that NATO was going to provide a full explanation, in public, of the bombing and he plans to deliver. If Bill Clinton or the NATO command is embarrassed by the revelations, that is their problem, from the German point of view. Indeed, an embarrassing expose might allow Schroeder to do what he very badly wants to do anyway, which is to end German participation in the war without being responsible for splitting NATO. Depending on what the report says, he can blame all damage to NATO on the Americans. Germany will do her best to have NATO fully disclosing the files pertaining to the bombing of the Chinese embassy! Well, maybe that's no too bad a start for a junior diplomat --especially with China. Such a sizeable piece of jingoism for Helmut Kohl's puny successor...
