Security Council still debating anti-missile shield location

"President Lech Kaczynski decided that the issue will be analyzed by the government and the Council will prepare its opinion on he subject," revealed the secretary of the Council Wladyslaw Stasiak. One thing that is already known, however, is there will be no referendum regarding the shield. "I do not see such a possibility," declared Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. "This is not a decision that refers to everyday interests of the citizens but the matter of state security," he added. Meanwhile, the French ambassador to Poland Pierre Menat stated yesterday that his country did not object to the shield but added that the matter should be discussed on the European forum. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6) E.B.