-Caveat Lector- http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/09/01/timfgnfar02001.html?11240 27 September 1 1999 FAR EAST US pays $4.5m for bombing embassy FROM OLIVER AUGUST IN BEIJING RELATIONS between China and America yesterday took the first turn for the better in months when the US Government announced that it has paid $4.5 million (�2.8 million) in compensation for the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. The breakthrough in the compensation talks, which started in June, could pave the way for China's entry to the World Trade Organisation. A chill had descended on Sino-American relations immediately after the attack four months ago. US bombers targeted the Belgrade embassy as part of Nato's airstrike campaign against Serbia's engagement in Kosovo. Washington claimed that the bombing was accidental but Beijing said that America must have known the identity of its target. The Chinese leadership rejected America's explanation and the official media called the attack intentional. Three Chinese were killed and 27 injured when five guided missiles struck the building. A US State Department official said that the compensation was paid to "the people who were injured and the families of those killed in the mistaken bombing of the Chinese Embassy". The payment leaves two issues unresolved. China wants money to rebuild the embassy and America wants compensation for damage done to its Beijing mission during protests after the bombing. The US consul-general's home in Chengdu was burnt down in a separate attack. The State Department instructed its diplomats in Beijing to delay repairing the embassy until this month to demonstrate its fury over the stoning of the building in full view of Chinese police. The British Embassy also sustained serious damage but was renovated quietly over the summer. Moscow: Russia said yesterday that it was sending back its military envoy, General Viktor Zavarzin, to Nato headquarters in Brussels, five months after he was withdrawn in protest at Nato's airstrikes on Yugoslavia. Copyright 1999 Times Newspapers Ltd. This service is provided on Times Newspapers' standard terms and conditions. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material from The Times, visit the Syndication website. http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/09/01/timfgnfar02001.html?11240 27 Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: ....a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
