Beijing, Sept 7, SPA -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H.Rumsfeld will visit China in October amid efforts to expandmilitary ties and ease tensions, the commander of U.S.forces in the Pacific said Wednesday. It would be the first official visit to China by Rumsfeld. U.S. Adm. William Fallon, who was in China to meet leadersof the People's Liberation Army, said Rumsfeld would meetwith China's defense minister but didn't give any otherdetails. Such contacts "will all be helpful in reducing thetension, the suspicion _ all the negative things that comeout of lack of knowledge," Fallon told reporters.--SPA1444 Local Time 1144 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/287722