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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
⊃April 22, 1980 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Readers Write
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓Christian Science Monitor␈↓
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Boston, MA

␈↓ ↓H␈↓To the Editor:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α⊗␈↓↓Monitor␈↓␈α⊗(April␈α∃22)␈α⊗rightly␈α⊗deplores␈α∃the␈α⊗Chinese␈α⊗rescinding␈α⊗their␈α∃Constitutional
␈↓ ↓H␈↓"guarantees"␈α∞of␈α∞freedom␈α∞of␈α
expression.␈α∞ However,␈α∞our␈α∞opportunity␈α
to␈α∞deplore␈α∞comes␈α∞partly␈α
from
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈α
honesty␈α
and␈α
explicitness␈α
of␈α
the␈αreversal.␈α
 This␈α
honesty␈α
may␈α
be␈α
an␈α
idiosyncrasy␈αof␈α
Vice-premier
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Deng,␈α
since␈α
it␈αdoesn't␈α
correspond␈α
to␈αthe␈α
practice␈α
of␈αother␈α
communist␈α
countries␈αor␈α
to␈α
previous␈α(or
␈↓ ↓H␈↓future?) Chinese practice.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        More␈α∂typically,␈α∞the␈α∂Stalin␈α∞Constitution␈α∂guaranteed␈α∞not␈α∂merely␈α∞the␈α∂right␈α∞for␈α∂the␈α∂people␈α∞to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓speak,␈α
publish␈αand␈α
demonstrate␈α
but␈αalso␈α
guaranteed␈α
them␈αprinting␈α
equipment␈α
to␈αdo␈α
it␈α
with.␈α Of
␈↓ ↓H␈↓course,␈α∞the␈α∞people␈α∞express␈α∞this␈α∞right␈α∞through␈α
the␈α∞people's␈α∞organizations,␈α∞i.e.␈α∞ the␈α∞puppets␈α∞of␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Party.␈α
 This␈α
makes␈α
the␈α
work␈α
of␈α
their␈αapologists␈α
at␈α
home␈α
and␈α
abroad␈α
much␈α
easier,␈α
and␈αthe␈α
Chinese
␈↓ ↓H␈↓communists will undoubtedly feel some incentive to abandon their candour.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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