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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	zAugust 20, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Rafael Chikvashvili
␈↓ ↓H␈↓2900-D Glen Avenue
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Baltimore, Maryland 21215

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Chikvashvili:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I am sorry to take so long to tell you that I have no immediate advice.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈α∪jumped␈α∀to␈α∪the␈α∀conclusion␈α∪that␈α∀you␈α∪probably␈α∪knew␈α∀the␈α∪people␈α∀in␈α∪arti≡cial␈α∀intelligence␈α∪in
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Maryland.␈α But,␈αon␈α
rereading␈αyour␈αletter,␈α
I␈αsee␈αthat␈α
I␈αwas␈αprobably␈α
mistaken.␈α Therefore,␈αI␈α
suggest
␈↓ ↓H␈↓you visit Professor Jack Minker and Professor Azriel Rosenfeld at the University of Maryland.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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