Posted on 07/19/2004 8:13:31 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Roh wants CIA's 'No' to go
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- South Korea has been pushing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to change the way it spells President Roh Moo-hyun's last name, but the CIA is sticking to its guns, the embassy says.
In an online directory and in its World Fact Book, a standard reference, the CIA spells it "No," rather than "Roh," the South Korean leader's preference.
The embassy has sent the CIA three formal requests, one last year and two this year, as part of efforts to get the entire U.S. government to change its spelling, said Jeongsun Suh, the officer in charge of press and culture.
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Well, I got that much... But why is the CIA acting like schoolboys?
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