Presidents to make joint declaration on US missile shield

However, technical and legal matters will still have to be ironed out by experts before the final documents are signed. According to sources close to the government, the Polish side has long had its mind largely made up. It was President Kaczyński who reportedly was the most skeptical, but is now in favor too, although "without feeling any joy or great satisfaction about it," the sources say. The decision to locate parts of the anti-missile defense system in Poland was met with sharp criticism in Russia. The US Congress recently cut spending on the project. (Dziennik, p. 4) R.M.