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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY\←L\-R\/'7;\+R\→.\→S   Telephone:
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT\←S\→.415-497-4430
\F0\C22 January 1975







Robert L. Ashenhurst
Institute for Computer Research
The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois 60637

Dear Bob:

\J	Is it possible to publish this version of my letter of 23 December
1974?  The only modification is the sentence in italics on page 2 mentioning
the proposal of the Bay Area Home Terminal Club.  I don't think it would
change the sense of the letter in any way.\.

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Sincerely yours,




John McCarthy
Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Professor of Computer Science
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