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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	ISeptember 21, 1978 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Alexander von Graevenitz
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Laboratory Medicine
␈↓ ↓H␈↓789 Howard Avenue
␈↓ ↓H␈↓New Haven, CT 06504

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. von Graevenitz:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Here are some responses to some of the points in your questionnaire.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
support␈αthe␈α
nuclear␈α
carrier,␈αbecause␈α
they␈α
were␈αquite␈α
e≥ective␈α
in␈αVietnam␈α
when␈α
used,␈αand␈α
I
␈↓ ↓H␈↓think␈αanother␈αVietnam␈αis␈αstill␈αthe␈αmost␈αprobable␈αAmerican␈αrequirement␈αfor␈αmilitary␈αpower.␈α The
␈↓ ↓H␈↓research and development budget should also be increased.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We␈α⊂should␈α⊂support␈α⊂the␈α⊂internal␈α⊂settlement␈α⊂in␈α⊂Rhodesia.␈α⊂ There␈α⊂is␈α⊂some␈α⊂risk␈α⊃of␈α⊂another
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Cambodia there, since the two guerrilla groups seem incredibly bloodthirsty.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α∀best␈α∀defense␈α∪of␈α∀the␈α∀dollar␈α∪is␈α∀increased␈α∀productivity␈α∪and␈α∀production␈α∀in␈α∀the␈α∪U.S.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓including especially energy production.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Carter␈α∞deserves␈α∞praise␈α∞for␈α∞his␈α∞Middle␈α∞East␈α
settlement.␈α∞ One␈α∞can␈α∞only␈α∞hope␈α∞it␈α∞sticks.␈α
 The
␈↓ ↓H␈↓moral␈α∩right␈α∩of␈α∩the␈α∪Arabs␈α∩to␈α∩price␈α∩arbitrarily␈α∩the␈α∪oil␈α∩discovered␈α∩and␈α∩developed␈α∪by␈α∩Western
␈↓ ↓H␈↓companies and with Western technology should be challenged.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Continued␈αpressure␈αon␈αCuba␈αto␈αfree␈αpolitical␈αprisoners␈αis␈αimportant.␈α Pressure␈αagainst␈αtheir
␈↓ ↓H␈↓involvement␈α
in␈α
Africa␈αshould␈α
be␈α
applied.␈α
 High␈αcasualties␈α
may␈α
be␈αthe␈α
only␈α
e≥ective␈α
pressure␈αon
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Castro.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Diplomatic␈α
relations␈α
with␈α
China␈α
should␈α
depend␈α
on␈α
an␈α
agreement␈α
that␈α
they␈α
will␈α
not␈α
attack
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Taiwan.␈α∪ Their␈α∪face␈α∪can␈α∪be␈α∪saved␈α∪in␈α∪various␈α∩ways,␈α∪but␈α∪the␈α∪face␈α∪of␈α∪Taiwan␈α∪must␈α∪also␈α∩be
␈↓ ↓H␈↓considered.␈α If␈αwe␈αwant␈αTaiwan␈αto␈αrefrain␈αfrom␈αdeveloping␈αnuclear␈αweapons,␈αthen␈αwe␈αmust␈αmake
␈↓ ↓H␈↓them␈α∂feel␈α∂safe␈α∂without␈α⊂them.␈α∂ A␈α∂statement␈α∂to␈α⊂the␈α∂e≥ect␈α∂that␈α∂non-proliferation␈α⊂requires␈α∂security
␈↓ ↓H␈↓might␈α
be␈α
drafted.␈α
 I␈α
think␈α
we␈α
should␈α
welcome␈α
Chinese␈α
students␈α
and␈α
researchers␈α
at␈α
our␈α
universities,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓but we should also make a special e≥ort to treat Chinese from Taiwan at least equally.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We␈α∂might␈α∞as␈α∂well␈α∞recognize␈α∂Vietnam,␈α∞but␈α∂we␈α∂should␈α∞pay␈α∂no␈α∞price␈α∂for␈α∞it,␈α∂and␈α∂we␈α∞should
␈↓ ↓H␈↓pressure them on human rights issues.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α
key␈αissue␈α
in␈αMFBR␈α
is␈α
the␈αsize␈α
of␈αthe␈α
Soviet␈α
army.␈α I␈α
think␈αwe␈α
should␈α
try␈αto␈α
get␈αthem␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓reduce the length of their compulsory military service.  Their allies also.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓αDr. Alexander von Graevenitz␈↓ ¬LSeptember 21, 1978␈↓ 
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α∪believe␈α∪we␈α∪should␈α∪trade␈α∪computers␈α∪for␈α∪dissidents,␈α∪e.g.␈α∪ sell␈α∪them␈α∪one␈α∪Cyber␈α∀176␈α∪in
␈↓ ↓H␈↓exchange␈αfor␈αShcharansky.␈α I␈αsuspect␈αthat␈αwe␈αcan␈αget␈αfurther␈αon␈αa␈αcase␈αby␈αcase␈αbasis␈αthan␈αwe␈αcan
␈↓ ↓H␈↓negotiating␈α
general␈α∞agreements␈α
whose␈α
ful≡llment␈α∞is␈α
subject␈α
to␈α∞interpretation.␈α
 The␈α
reason␈α∞is␈α
that
␈↓ ↓H␈↓many␈αRussians␈αwho␈αdon't␈αdare␈αargue␈αmoral␈αissues␈αwill␈αargue␈αthe␈αvalue␈αof␈αthe␈αparticular␈αmaterial
␈↓ ↓H␈↓concession o≥ered in exchange.  I enclose a report on a confrontation that we won.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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