ČTK: No to Bases head discusses details of US trip

Jan Tamas - of the No to Bases Initiative opposed to the siting of a US radar base in the Czech Republic – reportedly met with a number of representatives of the US Congress this week. The news was revealed by the Czech news agency, ČTK, on Friday. Speaking to the agency Mr Tamas said that Congress members he had met with had criticised the US Administration for trying to “push through” missile defense without discussing it in Congress. The United States is hoping to station a radar base at the Brdy military district in the Czech Republic to complement a proposed missile instillation in Poland, part of a broader defense shield. Mr Tamas told ČTK on his visit to the US he also met with well-known activist and intellectual Noam Chomsky, said to support a new petition against the US plan.