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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	↑February 27, 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␈↓        This␈αis␈αa␈αbelated␈αreply␈αto␈αyour␈αletter␈αof␈αDecember␈α5,␈α1977.␈α I␈αam␈αinterested␈αin␈αthe␈αproposed
␈↓ ↓H␈↓group␈α∞to␈α∞deal␈α∞with␈α∞foreign␈α∞policy␈α∞issues,␈α∞and␈α∞I␈α∞would␈α∞like␈α∞to␈α∞receive␈α∞information␈α∞about␈α∞current
␈↓ ↓H␈↓activities.␈α I␈αmight␈αbe␈αable␈αto␈αcontribute␈αfrom␈αtime␈αto␈αtime,␈αbut␈αI␈αam␈αunsure␈αof␈αmy␈αcapabilities␈αin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓that direction and am overloaded with work, so I cannot make speci≡c commitments.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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