Any illusions that Rupert Murdoch may have had about Poland being a safe place to escape the bustle and turmoil surrounding his $5 billion bid to buy Dow Jones were dispelled on Wednesday.

Reuters reporter Gabriela Baczynska caught up with the News Corp. chief in Warsaw and got him to dish out the following points:

- He doesn’t plan to raise his bid;

- He expects approval to buy Dow Jones from the Bancroft family, which controls the company through its voting shares.

But finding him wasn’t easy. Here’s how Baczynska tracked down the mogul in the haystack:

They were already clearing up the lunch plates as I got to the Warsaw television station that is expected to relaunch under News Corp’s Fox banner in the Fall. Murdoch had left, and was expected to be in Poland only for a few hours on Wednesday.

Maybe he was at the hotel? “No”. My colleague Chris Borowski heard he was at News Corp.’s outdoor advertising unit in central Warsaw. There was another scramble in a taxi, only to see the door of a limousine closing and the car pulling away — but an executive assured me that Murdoch was still inside.

Half an hour later the elevator doors opened and Murdoch appeared, with just enough time to answer my questions. He left smiling.

*Dzikuj = “thank you” in Polish