U.S. suspects That Pakistan, China To Visit the chopper

Washington (CNN) - The United States is worried that Pakistan may have given China access to high-tech helicopter that crashed in the U.S. raid on the compound of Osama bin Laden, the U.S. official said Monday.

"We have reason to suspect that China has had access, but we can not definitively confirm," said one U.S. official that is not authorized to speak publicly about intelligence. "We have strong suspicions."

The comment came after news reports suggested that Pakistani authorities had allowed the Chinese engineers to see the stealth aircraft. The Pakistani military denied the allegation saying that there is "no truth in the report."

In a written statement, said Gen. Athar Abbas CNN requirement is part of a "malicious campaign" against the Pakistani security forces. Abbas "expressed surprise at the statement of some crazy foreign media," the statement said.

Officials of the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

The Financial Times of London said he had learned that Pakistan "has allowed Chinese military engineers to photograph and take samples of the helicopter stealth top secret." He added that "people close to the White House and the Central Intelligence Agency "told the newspaper that" the Chinese have in fact been given access to the helicopter. "China has refused to comment, the article said.

The New York Times reported that "Pakistani intelligence probably Chinese military engineers examined the aircraft," citing "U.S. officials and others familiar with classified intelligence assessments." He noted that "U.S. assessments have been released" by the Financial Times.

When the plane crashed during the raid that killed al Qaeda leader in May, Navy SEALs destroyed most of it to protect the technology. But the tail remained virtually intact, and it is this region that the Chinese engineers examined the report of the New York Times.

China and Pakistan enjoy a long-term military, and the raid in May that killed bin Laden - staged to notify the Government of Pakistan - fueled tensions between Washington and Islamabad. In July, the United States, said it held $ 800 million in aid to Pakistan.

"They have taken some steps that have given us reason to pause at some of the support we give to the army, and we try to work through it," White House Chief of Staff William Daley said at the time.