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China allows US diplomats fourth meeting with crew of spy plane

US diplomats will reportedly be allowed to hold a fourth meeting with the crew of a US spy plane detained in southern China later today.

A US embassy spokesman said they had been told there would be a meeting tonight but were given no futher details

US diplomats have so far held three meetings with the 24 crew of a surveillance plane who have been detained on the southern Chinese island of Hainan since their plane was involved in a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter jet on April 1.

9/04/01 18:10:39 | ABC Radio Australia News

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