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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	nFebruary 2, 1978 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Mark Aizerman
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Institute of Problems of Control
␈↓ ↓H␈↓85, Profsoyuznaya
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Moscow USSR

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Aizerman:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
recently␈α
received␈α
a␈α
letter␈α
from␈α
Professor␈α
Jack␈α
Minker␈α
stating␈α
that␈α
you␈α
had␈α
recently␈α
told␈α
Dr.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Alexander Lerner that Minker did not want to do anything for Lerner any more.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        This␈αisn't␈αso.␈α All␈αLerner's␈αAmerican␈αfriends␈αare␈αcontinuing␈αtheir␈αactivities␈αto␈αpersuade␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Soviet␈αgovernment␈αto␈αstop␈αpersecuting␈αhim␈αand␈αto␈αlet␈αhim␈αemigrate.␈α I␈αam␈αsorry␈αto␈αhear␈αthat␈αyou
␈↓ ↓H␈↓contributed to worsening Lerner's lonely and di≠cult position.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science