Embedding swf in html page breaks links?

The Scenerio:

So I’m at a loss any help would be fantastic. I have a few links in my swf site that reference other external (within the same domain though) swf’s. When i upload the main swf to the server and access that file directly everything works fine…once i embed the swf onto an html page it breaks the external references within the swf…the main swf will show up on the html page but once i click on a button to bring in another file it breaks. I’m also leaving the html file in the same directory as the main swf.

has anyone run into anything like this

Thanks,
Chris

P.S.
I’m using links relative to the document