For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 11, 2001
Statement by the Press Secretary
An agreement has been reached to bring home the flight crew of our EP-3
reconnaissance aircraft on Hainan Island.
The US Ambassador has received verbal assurances from the Chinese
government that the air crew will be allowed to leave
promptly. Ambassador Prueher has delivered to the Chinese
government a letter concerning this incident and we are working out
with the Chinese government the arrangements for departure.
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