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					August 28, 1973
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Consulate General of India
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215 Market Street
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San Francisco, California 94105
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Gentlemen:
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␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃This␈αis␈αto␈αintroduce␈α
Mr.␈α
Todd␈α
Wagner␈α
whom␈α
we␈α
plan␈α
to␈α
send␈α
to␈α
the␈α
Indian␈α
Institute␈α
of␈α
Technology␈α
at
␈↓ ↓HKanpur␈αfor␈αa␈αfew␈αweeks␈αto␈αhelp␈αthem␈αinstall␈αa␈αcomputer␈αwhich␈αwe␈αgave␈αthem.␈αThe␈αhistory␈αof␈αthe␈αmatter␈αis
␈↓ ↓Has␈αfollows:␈αWhen␈αI␈αvisited␈αthe␈αIndian␈αInstitute␈αof␈αTechnology␈αin␈α
Kanpur␈α
in␈α
1969,␈α
they␈α
were␈α
interested␈α
in␈α
the
␈↓ ↓Hpossibility␈α⊗of␈α⊗getting␈α⊗a␈α⊗time-sharing␈α⊗computer␈α⊗system␈α⊗to␈α⊗supplement␈α⊗their␈α∃computer␈α∃facilities.␈α∃(A
␈↓ ↓Htime-sharing␈αcomputer␈αsystem␈αallows␈αeach␈αof␈αmany␈αusers␈αof␈αa␈αcomputer␈αto␈αbehave␈αas␈αif␈αhe␈αhad␈αa␈αcomputer
␈↓ ↓Hof␈αhis␈α
own␈α
albeit␈α
of␈α
smaller␈α
power.␈α
Time-sharing␈α
is␈α
the␈α
way␈α
more␈α
and␈α
more␈α
computers␈α
are␈α
being␈α
used,␈α
and␈α
it
␈↓ ↓Hwill␈α⊂be␈α⊂almost␈α⊂universal␈α⊂in␈α⊂the␈α⊂future,␈α⊂but␈α⊂it␈α⊂is␈α⊂developing␈α⊂slowly).␈α⊂I␈α⊂remarked␈α⊂that␈α∂the␈α∂Institute␈α∂for
␈↓ ↓HMathematics␈α∞in␈α∞the␈α
Social␈α
Sciences␈α
at␈α
Stanford␈α
had␈α
a␈α
time-shared␈α
PDP-1␈α
computer␈α
system␈α
that␈α
was␈α
very
␈↓ ↓Hadvanced␈α∂in␈α∂certain␈α∂respects␈α∂(it␈α∂had␈α∂12␈α∂keyboard␈α∂and␈α∂display␈α∂terminals),␈α∂but␈α∂they␈α∂planned␈α∂to␈α∂replace␈α∂it,
␈↓ ↓Hbecause␈α
it␈α
isn't␈α
very␈α
fast.␈α
They␈α
said␈α
they␈α
would␈α
like␈α
to␈α
have␈α
it,␈α
and␈α
it␈α
turned␈α
out␈αthat␈αthe␈αInstitute␈αwas
␈↓ ↓Hindeed␈α
willing␈α
to␈α
give␈α
it␈α
to␈α
them.

␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃After␈α∞a␈α∞number␈α∞of␈α∞difficulties,␈α∞the␈α
computer␈α
arrived␈α
in␈α
India,␈α
but␈α
some␈α
additional␈α
work␈α
had␈α
to␈α
be
␈↓ ↓Hdone␈αhere␈α
to␈α
provide␈α
correct␈α
drawings,␈α
etc.,␈α
and␈α
eventually␈α
it␈α
turned␈α
out␈α
that␈α
the␈α
person␈α
I␈α
had␈α
counted␈α
on␈α
to
␈↓ ↓Hgo␈αto␈αIndia␈αand␈αhelp␈αwith␈αthe␈αinstallation␈αwas␈αunable␈αto␈αdo␈αso.␈αMr.␈αWagner␈αis␈αhis␈αreplacement␈αand␈αis␈αeager
␈↓ ↓Hto␈αgo.␈αHowever,␈αhe␈αshould␈αgo␈αquickly␈αso␈αhe␈αwon't␈αmiss␈αmuch␈αof␈αthe␈αfall␈αquarter␈αat␈αStanford␈αwhere␈αhe␈αis␈αa
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student␈α
in␈α
computer␈α
science.

␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃I␈α∂hope␈α∂you␈α∂will␈α∂help␈α∂expedite␈α∂his␈α∂trip.␈α∞I␈α∞will␈α∞be␈α∞glad␈α∞to␈α∞answer␈α∞any␈α∞questions␈α∞you␈α∞may␈α∞have.␈α∞My
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number␈α
is␈α
(415)321-2300␈α
ext.␈α
4430.

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					Sincerely yours,
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					John McCarthy
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					Professor of Computer Science
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					Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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