<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In a 1946 U.S. intelligence report concerning Hamhung, North Korea, there's a reference to a religious statue or monument known as the Tower of the Nine Heavens. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The only reference I found to a monument by that name was a Buddhist structure in Vietnam, also known as "Cuu Thien." But, as I've just said, this one was in North Korea in 1946 on Mt. Pannyong which is adjacent to the
residential city of Hamhung. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Is anyone familiar with a </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Buddhist civilization in that area at that time? Or can anyone describe or have a photograph of the "The Tower of the Nine Heavens," either in Korea or in Vietnam? If so, please let me know.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Thank you.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Bill Streifer</span></div> </div></body></html>