The U.S. Olympic Committee's security chief tells potential Winter Olympic athletes there are no indications that recent developments between the U.S. and North Korea have compromised security in South Korea.
The letter, obtained by The Associated Press shortly after it was sent Friday, makes no suggestion that the U.S. Team is considering skipping the Pyeongchang Games for security reasons.
But Chief Security Officer Nicole Deal does write that provocations that have been volleyed between the United States and North Korea are likely to persist for the foreseeable future, and “should not be dismissed as insignificant nor feared as precursors of an inevitable conflict.”
The letter comes at the end of a week in which France's sports minister suggested the country's athletes would stay home if security could not be guaranteed.
