LANKA PUWATH SPELLING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92-00053R000300130001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 21, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/08: CIA-RDP92-00053R000300130001-7
DAN: 23461
TOR: 142052949
BFN: BK210034288
RTTUZYUW RUESFGA1809 1420510-UUUU--RUCWAAS.
ZNR UUUUU ZYN ZPO
R 210342Z MAY 88
FM FRIS BANGKOK TH
TO RUCWAAB/FBIS RESTON VA
ACCT FBBK-EWDK
13T
UNCLAS
SERIAL: BK2105034288
PASS: ONLY MODS MANAGING EDITOR
COUNTRY: SRI LANKA
SUBJ: LANKA PUWATH SPELLING
oP5 q , 10 52 ( `A MW
7ti"Ns 3 sti GA/ k
CURIOUS TO KNOW IF MOD IS AWARE OF ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHYiTNE
SPELLING "LANKA PUWATH" WAS ADOPTED FOR THE SRI LANKAN PRESS AGENT.:,
THE PRESS AGENCY ITSELF CONSISTENTLY USES "LANKAPUVATH" (ONE WORD
AND REFERENCES IN THE COLOMBO PAPERS WE COVERED ALSO USE THE
SINGLE-WORD SPELLING. INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY HERE RECALLS THAT THE
3UREAU SUGGESTED THE TWO-WORD NAME, BUT NO ONE HERE RECALLS WHY.
IF MOD IS NOT AWARE OF ANY REASON THE VARIANT SPELLING WAS
ADOPTED. F3UREAU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPTTHE SINGLE-WORD VERSION THE PRESS
AGENCY USES. IN EITHER CASE WE WOULD LIKE TO USE LP AS AN
ABBREVIAT FOR THIS PRESS AGENCY PRIMARILY; FOR USE IN HEADLINES. STAT
21 /fS1 37 MAW
3T
11 809
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/08: CIA-RDP92-00053R000300130001-7
 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/08: CIA-RDP92-00053R000300130001-7
!NR UUUUU 7vki vvvv -"~U`_.7f3r
R 2Q20s0Z AUG R7
FM FAT: occrnu ---
TO RUESFG/F3IS ?ANGKOK TH
c-~
Arrr C.,WA-EiWD
K
3T
UICLA3
// / c
WAD59637
R c- F 3
^??
"COLOM3O R 1CLtv1sLON SOURCELINE:
UPAVAHINI TELEVISION FEED IN ENGLISH" IS FINE, BUT
APPEND A TARGET ORGANIZATION AND CITY WHENEVER THEY ARE INDICATED,
E.G., "COLOMPO RUPAVAHINI TELEVISION FEED IN ENGLISH TO ASIAVISION
TOKYO."
US- OF THE VSL DESIGNATOR "COL" FOR COLOM30 IS OKAY.
TO FACILITATE A PROMPT RESPONSE, BETTER TO USE ADMINS FOR
SOURCELINE QUERIES. GWG
(EN0ALL)20.?043Z AJG
3T
40372
STAT
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/08: CIA-RDP92-00053R000300130001-7