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克林顿道歉：承认是“悲剧性的错误”，但“不是野蛮行径”
美政府已通过James Sasser大使向中国正是书面道歉
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但愿有助揭开“中国驻南使馆被炸之谜及背后阴谋”)
克林顿视察Oklahoma龙卷风刚回来，立即表示对中国驻南使馆
被炸的歉意regret和吊慰condolences。
9日美东时间12:34他对路透社记者说：“这是个悲剧性的错误，
我要向中国领导人和人民表示我真挚的歉意和吊慰。”
当路透社记者Steve问：南联盟媒体称使馆被炸造成死亡，威胁
说将扰乱近期为科索沃危机解决的外交努力，中国称这是“战
争犯罪”，俄国称这是“野蛮行径”时，克林顿说：
“这不是野蛮行径，米洛舍维奇先生做的才是野蛮行径。”
稍后美国首席发言人James Rubin说：“我们想对中国人民和政
府表达我们诚挚的吊慰和哀悼。”
Rubin说：美国政府已经通过美国驻北京大使James Sasser向中
国政府提交了正式的书面道歉。
Rubin还着重提示中美关系和“将要与中国合作解决全球性事物”
云云，但并未就美驻华使领馆事态做丝毫评论。
*说明：此案关系重大，战略阴谋很深，应尽量克制开始时“偏
激冲动”，从政治、军事、外交等正反多方面进行分析……
（附完整原文）
Sunday May 9 12:34 AM ET
Clinton Regrets China Embassy Hit, NATO To Persist
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NATO - Serbia War
By Steve Holland
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (Reuters) - President Clinton expressed r
egret to China Saturday for an accidental missile attack on the Chines
e embassy in Belgrade but said NATO will stay the course in the Kosovo
air campaign.
Speaking to reporters after touring Oklahoma tornado damage, Clinton w
as both apologetic and resolute that NATO allies will keep on bombing
until Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic agrees to let ethnic Alban
ian refugees return to Kosovo under protection of a multinational secu
rity force.
``It was a tragic mistake,'' he said. ``I want to offer my sincere reg
ret and my condolences to both the leaders and the people of China.''
But he said even as a diplomatic effort to end the war continues, ``I
think it's important that NATO stay the course.''
NATO said it bombed the building in the belief it was a weapons wareho
use.
Later, State Department chief spokesman James Rubin said in a statemen
t that the U.S. government delivered an official apology to the Chines
e government through Beijing ambassador James Sasser.
``We wish to express our sincere condolences and remorse to the Chines
e people and government,'' said Rubin. He added that U.S. officials ho
pe the errant attack won't hurt Washington's relations with Beijing.
``We look forward to continuing to work with China on matters of mutua
l and global concern, including resolution of the situation in Kosovo.
Recent relations between the two superpowers have been troubled. U.S.
officials say China may have stolen valuable nuclear weapons secrets f
rom during the last several years while efforts to open China's market
s to foreign companies have proven fruitless.
News of the death and destruction at China's embassy in Belgrade was g
reeted with demonstrations by anger in Beijing. Television news report
s showed protesters burning U.S. flags and throwing, bottles, bricks,
rocks and larger stones over a cordon of Chinese police toward U.S. di
plomatic buildings.
Rubin said that U.S. and Chinese officials are working together ``to m
aintain order and safety at our mission sites.''
The embassy attack, which Serb media said killed four people, threaten
ed to complicate recent intensified diplomatic efforts to resolve the
Kosovo crisis. China, which as a permanent member of the U.N. Security
Council could veto any U.N. peace plan, called it a ``crime of war,''
and Russia, active in the peace negotiations, said it was barbaric.
``It wasn't barbaric,'' Clinton said in response. ``What is barbaric i
s what Mr. Milosevic has done.''
Clinton said he also regretted the deaths of innocent Serb civilians i
n Yugoslavia killed by errant missiles.
``I hate it,'' he said with emotion. ``But someone sometime has got to
stand up against this sort of ethnic cleansing and killing people who
lesale.''
Asked if he felt the attack was a setback for peace, Clinton said he d
id not, but rather it should serve as a catalyst for peace.
``What I think it should do is to make everybody who is interested in
peace redouble their efforts to get Mr. Milosevic to reverse ethnic cl
eansing here,'' he said.
He encouraged Russia to keep up its bid to negotiate a peace settlemen
t.
``This can all end tomorrow with an agreement that meets the minimum c
onditions to restore Kosovo to civilized life,'' he said.
Using new language to describe NATO's insistence that it be part of a
security force, Clinton said the force should have ''NATO involvement.
'' Previously the allied demand has been that NATO should be ``at its
core.''
Clinton defended NATO pilots, saying they had caused relatively few ci
vilian deaths despite flying well over 10,000 sorties. ``We need some
sense of proportion here,'' he said.
Clinton said ``these things are not easy'' but that NATO had to act ag
ainst Milosevic.
``The answer is for everyone who wants an end to it to put some pressu
re on the Serbs and get this diplomatic thing even more energized. And
let's keep working and put it behind us. No one would be happier than
me when it's over. But what we're doing is the right thing to do,'' h
e said.
Clinton showed some sensitivity to the relatively small protests again
st his war policy that he has seen on a two-day trip to Texas and Okla
homa. He said he would like to see more demonstrations against Milosev
ic's forced removal of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanians from
Kosovo, and the rape and murder of many of them.
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