But these were hardly ordinary circumstances, not with the recent bombing incident.
China may now be trying to use the bombing incident to squeeze more trade concessions from Washington.
At the same time, the Federal Government reported a substantial increase in domestic bombing incidents over the last decade.
Might they assume that the single bombing incident would ignite a savage war of infighting?
"There is a strong element of apprehension in this office after the bombing incident," he said.
Already, a radical group has protested the selling off of state-owned companies with a bombing incident in Athens.
In the 2nd special, Mizuki was about to be released from prison, unfortunately she died during a bombing incident.
He noted that the building had been repaired since the bombing incident.
Unlike the earlier bombing incidents, there was no public speculation that the perpetrators were other than the Luftwaffe.
Officials are still investigating the four bombing incidents in the South.