1.   American government officials met late Friday with the detained crew members of a downed U.S. surveillance aircraft and are expected to meet with them again on Saturday.

2.   China allowed the U.S. military attache in China to meet privately for the first time with the detained crew.

3.   One official said Sealock was not permitted to distribute candy that he had brought along for the detained crew members.

4.   One official said Gen. Sealock was not permitted to distribute candy that he had brought along for the detained crew members.

5.   The Chinese also delivered a photograph of the detained crew members to the U.S. officials, in accordance with an earlier request.

6.   The Pentagon has withheld judgment on the cause of the collision, pending consultations with the detained crew members.

7.   US diplomats meanwhile pressed for twice-daily, unrestricted access to the detained crew.

8.   US officials on Hainan Island were allowed a fifth meeting with the detained crew and said restrictions on them had been relaxed.

9.   A French High Commission spokesman in Tahiti, Emmanuel Stamburg-Martine, said he expected the detained crew members would be freed later Sunday.

10.   An American diplomat met Friday with the detained crew of a U.S. Navy spy plane and said they were in good spirits.