DearMrMinister,
OnbehalfoftheUnitedStatesGovernment,Inowoutlinestepstoresolvethisissue.
BothPresidentBushandSecretaryofStatePowellhaveexpressedtheirsincereregretoveryourmissingpilotandaircraft.PleaseconveytotheChinesepeopleandtothefamilyofpilotWangWeithatweareverysorryfortheirloss.Althoughthefullpictureofwhattranspiredisstillunclear,accordingtoourinformation,ourseverelycrippledaircraftmadeanemergencylandingafterfollowinginternationalemergencyprocedures.WeareverysorrytheenteringofChina'sairspaceandthelandingdidnothaveverbalclearance,butverypleasedthecrewlandedsafely.