Jiang Zemin told Clinton that he had received his recent letter and information about his talks with Li Zhaoxing, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, earlier that day and said that he had noticed the apology President Clinton had made once again.

• 江泽民说，我收到了你近日的来信，也已获悉今天早些时候你同李肇星大使谈话的内容。我注意到总统先生刚才再次作出的道歉。