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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	SNovember 19, 1975




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Leonard Fried
␈↓ ↓H␈↓4701 Natick Avenue
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sherman Oaks, California 91403

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Fried:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αhave␈αno␈αway␈αof␈αhelping␈αDr.␈αShalin␈αdirectly.␈α However,␈αyou␈αmight␈αtell␈αhim␈αthat␈αhis␈αproblem␈αwill
␈↓ ↓H␈↓not␈α
be␈α
getting␈α
his␈α∞degree␈α
formally␈α
recognized␈α
unless␈α
he␈α∞wants␈α
to␈α
teach␈α
high␈α
school.␈α∞ But␈α
rather,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓persuading␈α
a␈α
potential␈αemployer␈α
of␈α
his␈α
quali≡cations.␈α I␈α
believe␈α
that␈α
he␈αmay␈α
not␈α
know␈αthis␈α
because
␈↓ ↓H␈↓I think the formal credentials are more important in the Soviet Union.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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