Following high-level meeting, Poznań locality tipped as future site for US bases

Rzeczpospolita has leant that the Americans would like to locate their future military base near Poznań, where the Polish air force has one of its largest airfields. Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdziński and US undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith did not want to reveal any details of their talks concerning the future location of the US military bases. Both of them said that the first stage of consultations has begun and decisions will be made in 2004. "Poland is the first country I visited after Monday's NATO Ambassadors Council meeting in Brussels, where we announced our plans to relocate the American Army around the world," announced Feith. According to unofficial information, apart from Poland, the Americans are looking at Bulgaria and Rumania as the most probable countries where new US bases will be established. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.