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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Department of Computer Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone: 415 497-4430␈↓ 
≥July 16, 1984 

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Electronic mail: JMC␈↓@␈↓∧SU-AI␈↓
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Su-Shing Chen
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Program Director, Intelligent Systems
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Division of Computer Research
␈↓ ↓H␈↓National Science Foundation
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Washington, D.C. 20550

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Chen:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        You␈α
caught␈α
me␈α
in␈αthe␈α
right␈α
mood␈α
with␈αyour␈α
request␈α
for␈α
an␈αessay␈α
about␈α
my␈α
basic␈αresearch.␈α
 I
␈↓ ↓H␈↓hope the enclosed will do.  You can't expect such promptness in general.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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