/LMAR=0/XLINE=3/USET=6␈↓ α,␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Department of Computer Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA 94305


␈↓ α,␈↓Telephone: 415 723-4430␈↓ ∞1March 15, 1986 

␈↓ α,␈↓Electronic mail: JMC@SU-AI␈↓
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␈↓ α,␈↓Dr. Michael Gri≠ths
␈↓ α,␈↓LISH, CNRS
␈↓ α,␈↓31 chemin Joseph Aiguier
␈↓ α,␈↓13009 Marseille
␈↓ α,␈↓FRANCE

␈↓ α,␈↓Dear Mike:

␈↓ α,␈↓        Many␈α∩thanks␈α∩for␈α∩disentangling␈α∩our␈α∩Marseilles␈α∩bank␈α∩account.␈α∩ I␈α∩have␈α∩no␈α∩immediate␈α∩plan
␈↓ α,␈↓for␈α∀doing␈α∀anything␈α∀with␈α∀it,␈α∀and␈α∀I␈α∀trust␈α∀nothing␈α∀bad␈α∀will␈α∀happen␈α∀if␈α∀it␈α∀remains␈α∀inactive␈α∀for␈α∀as
␈↓ α,␈↓long as a few years.

␈↓ α,␈↓        As␈α∪you␈α∪are␈α∪no␈α∪doubt␈α∪aware,␈α∪the␈α∪Centre␈α∪Mondial␈α∪has␈α∪purged␈α∪its␈α∪foreign␈α∪advisers,␈α∪and␈α∪I
␈↓ α,␈↓am␈α⊃one␈α⊃of␈α⊃the␈α⊃unretained.␈α⊃ I␈α⊃am␈α⊂not␈α⊃very␈α⊃surprised,␈α⊃as␈α⊃it␈α⊃wasn't␈α⊃clear␈α⊃to␈α⊃me␈α⊃that␈α⊃the␈α⊃bene≡ts␈α⊃to
␈↓ α,␈↓them␈α∂were␈α∂worth␈α∂what␈α∂it␈α∂cost,␈α∂except␈α∂that␈α∂I␈α∂still␈α∂think␈α∂the␈α∂library␈α∂project␈α∂was,␈α∂and␈α∂I␈α∂hope␈α∂still␈α∂is,
␈↓ α,␈↓a good idea.

␈↓ α,␈↓        Now␈α∩that␈α∩I␈α∩am␈α∩unlikely␈α∩to␈α∩be␈α⊃any␈α∩help␈α∩with␈α∩the␈α∩politics␈α∩of␈α∩the␈α∩project,␈α∩I␈α∩≡gure␈α∩that␈α∩you
␈↓ α,␈↓can␈α⊃run␈α⊃the␈α⊃technology␈α⊃yourself.␈α⊃ However,␈α⊃I␈α⊃am␈α⊃curious␈α⊃to␈α⊃know␈α⊃whether␈α⊃it␈α⊃has␈α⊃survived␈α⊃and
␈↓ α,␈↓what is its current state.

␈↓ α,␈↓        Carolyn␈α_and␈α_I␈α_will␈α_be␈α_in␈α_Europe␈α_in␈α_May,␈α_and␈α_I␈α_hope␈α_we␈α_will␈α_get␈α_a␈α_chance␈α_to␈α_visit
␈↓ α,␈↓Marseilles.  At least I hope to, although it will be hard to pry her out of Paris.

␈↓ α,␈↓        Alain␈α∃or␈α∃Colette␈α∃may␈α∃have␈α∃told␈α∃you␈α∃that␈α∃we␈α∃have␈α∃a␈α∃son,␈α∃Timothy,␈α∃born␈α∃November␈α∃9.
␈↓ α,␈↓Since␈α∪the␈α∪younger␈α∪of␈α∪my␈α∪two␈α∪daughters␈α∪is␈α∪25,␈α∪and␈α∪the␈α∪older␈α∪has␈α∪a␈α∪daughter␈α∪of␈α∪her␈α∪own,␈α∪this
␈↓ α,␈↓takes me back to my relative youth in certain, unfortunately super≡cial, respects.

␈↓ α,␈↓         What are your present telephone numbers, now that the system has changed?


␈↓ α,␈↓Best regards,



␈↓ α,␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ α,␈↓Professor of Computer Science
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