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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	zAugust 30, 1979 




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

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓International␈α∩Political␈α∩Science␈α∩Association␈α∩as␈α∩progress,␈α∩in␈α∩view␈α∩of␈α∩the␈α∩fact␈α∩that␈α∩the␈α∩Western
␈↓ ↓H␈↓attendees␈αaccepted␈αthe␈αexclusion␈αof␈αdissident␈αpolitical␈αscientists␈αfrom␈αthe␈αmeeting.␈α In␈α1975,␈αin␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓face␈α∩of␈α∩a␈α∩probable␈α∩public␈α∩demonstration␈α∩by␈α∩Western␈α∩scientists,␈α∩the␈α∩Soviets␈α∩agreed␈α∩to␈α⊃permit
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor␈αAlexander␈αLerner,␈α
a␈αwell␈αknown␈αrefusenik␈α
scientist,␈αto␈αtake␈αpart␈α
in␈αa␈αpanel␈αdiscussion␈α
at
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈α∀International␈α∀Joint␈α∪Conference␈α∀on␈α∀Arti≡cial␈α∀Intelligence,␈α∪and␈α∀two␈α∀other␈α∀refuseniks␈α∪were
␈↓ ↓H␈↓admitted to the conference.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        It␈α
is␈α
unfortunate␈α
that␈α
the␈α
political␈α
scientists,␈α
unlike␈α
the␈α
computer␈α
scientists,␈α
were␈α
unable␈α
or
␈↓ ↓H␈↓not␈α∂su≠ciently␈α∂motivated␈α∂to␈α∂uphold␈α∂the␈α∂principle␈α∂that␈α∂admission␈α∂to␈α∂scienti≡c␈α∂meetings␈α∂depends
␈↓ ↓H␈↓only␈αon␈αscienti≡c␈αquali≡cations.␈α
 Perhaps␈αthe␈αpolitical␈αscientists␈α
need␈αsome␈αlessons␈αin␈α
the␈αpractical
␈↓ ↓H␈↓politics of human rights.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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