Can FCE Convert PAL-NTSC And NTSC-PAL ?

A recent post got me interested in this question. I believe Tom said it wouldn't though he may have been referring to something else.
I set up a new project to work in NTSC and imported a PAL video clip.
When put in the timeline the clip's frame-rate appeared to be in the NTSC 30fps standard. After rendering, the clip seemed to play normally.
Have I actually converted the PAL clip to NTSC or is something else occurring?
Ian.

Another query has arisen.
In the thread I alluded to, the JES Deinterlacer was stated to be able to do the conversion.
I downloaded it and converted another PAL clip to NTSC.
When I play it in an FCE project set for NTSC it works perfectly except there is a narrow black band all round the frame.
When I click on the clip and get item properties it says the frame size is 656x480 even though the JES was set to 720x480.
Could this be connected with the shape of the pixels?
However, what I find more puzzling is the fact that the quoted height of the converted NTSC clip is the normal 480 pixels so shouldn't I be getting a black border up each side but NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM?
Following on from that is there any way I can make the JES provide frames that fill the frame? (I know I can use Motion to enlarge it by setting the Scale to 115).
Let me stress that I do not NEED to be able to convert - I am simply curious.
Ian.

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