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Seventh Fleet set to enter Taiwan waters: Cohen

CNA WITH STAFF WRITER

The US Defense Department has ordered the US Navy's Seventh Fleet to enter the seas southeast of Taiwan as a precautionary measure in the run up to Taiwan President-elect Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) inauguration on May 20, a French radio station quoted US Defense Secretary William Cohen as saying.

The Chinese-language program of Radio France International said Cohen told a congressional hearing that the Seventh Fleet, led by nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, was already on its way to the seas off Taiwan.

Cohen also said that the US had warned Beijing of grave consequences if China takes any forceful action against Taiwan.

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