US President Bush plans June visit to Poland

The Americans hope that the visit will help relations in several key areas, and in particular the building of an anti-missile shield in Poland. Bush will come to Poland right after a G8 summit. Riki Ellison, the representative of US diplomacy and the president of an association supporting the building of the anti-missile shield, said that the visit after the G8 summit is symbolic. It is to prove to Russia that it has no right to interfere in affairs between Poland and the US. A representative of the Polish government said that the visit is a result of  a recent visit of Elzbieta Jakubiak, the chief of the President's Office to Washington. The White House will announce the schedule of the visit next week. Both sides stress that contact between Poland and the US have never been so intensive. (Rzeczpospolita, April 21-22, p. A1) M.M.