Pubdate: Thu, 31 May 2001 Source: New York Times (NY) Copyright: 2001 The New York Times Company Contact: http://www.nytimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298 Section: World Briefs CARIBBEAN: U.S. CAN USE DUTCH BASES The Dutch Parliament has endorsed a treaty allowing United States aircraft to use Dutch bases in the Caribbean as staging areas to fight drug trafficking. The treaty allows American aircraft to use bases on Aruba and Curacao while making surveillance flights in Latin America. (AP) - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart