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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	SNovember 14, 1977 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Miss Irina Brynner
␈↓ ↓H␈↓10 Avenue Dumas
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Champelle
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Geneva
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Switzerland

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Irina,

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
would␈αlike␈α
to␈αget␈α
Vera␈αa␈α
ring,␈αand␈α
I␈αunderstand␈α
she␈αhas␈α
discussed␈αtwo␈α
with␈α
you.␈α Could
␈↓ ↓H␈↓you␈α
describe␈α
them␈α
and␈α
let␈α
me␈α
know␈α
how␈αmuch␈α
they␈α
would␈α
cost?␈α
 Please␈α
write␈α
to␈α
this␈α
address␈αin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓order␈αto␈α
preserve␈αsome␈α
elment␈αof␈α
surprise.␈α Incidentally,␈α
Mrs.␈αHurd␈α
remarked␈αthat␈α
she␈αwas␈α
pleased
␈↓ ↓H␈↓with the jewelry she bought from you.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Everyone␈α∀is␈α∃≡ne␈α∀here,␈α∃and␈α∀Vera␈α∃is␈α∀very␈α∃busy␈α∀helping␈α∃plan␈α∀the␈α∃American␈α∀Women's
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Himalayan␈αExpedition␈αwhich␈α
will␈αattempt␈αto␈α
climb␈αAnnapurna␈αI␈α
next␈αFall.␈α (I␈α
don't␈αknow␈αif␈α
Vera
␈↓ ↓H␈↓has␈αalready␈αwritten␈αyou␈αtelling␈αabout␈αit).␈α Anyway,␈αthey␈αare␈αin␈αpublicity␈αand␈αmoney-raising␈αphase
␈↓ ↓H␈↓now.␈α
 It␈α
seems␈αto␈α
be␈α
going␈αwell␈α
though␈α
getting␈αpublicity␈α
seems␈α
to␈αhave␈α
been␈α
easier␈αthan␈α
translating
␈↓ ↓H␈↓it␈α⊃into␈α⊃money.␈α⊃ The␈α∩␈↓↓National␈α⊃Geographic␈↓␈α⊃has␈α⊃agreed␈α⊃to␈α∩provide␈α⊃some␈α⊃support,␈α⊃and␈α∩they␈α⊃are
␈↓ ↓H␈↓pursuing various corporations including IBM.  They are also selling an expedition T-shirt.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓         I hope you are well and that we will meet again sometime in the not too distant future.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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