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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	cNovember 7, 1981 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Phil Hilts
␈↓ ↓H␈↓5761 Harwich Ct.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Alexandria, Virginia 22311

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Phil:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α∞suppose␈α∂you␈α∞haven't␈α∂got␈α∞around␈α∞to␈α∂publishing␈α∞what␈α∂you␈α∞wrote␈α∞about␈α∂me.␈α∞ I␈α∂hope␈α∞your
␈↓ ↓H␈↓e≥ort␈α
isn't␈αwasted.␈α
 Anyway,␈α
there␈αis␈α
another␈α
person␈αinvolved␈α
in␈α
a␈αrelated␈α
enterprise␈α
with␈αwhom
␈↓ ↓H␈↓you might have some common interest.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        An␈αEast␈αGerman␈αprofessor␈α(of␈αcomputer␈αscience?)␈αbecame␈αinterested␈αin␈αwriting␈αa␈α
history␈αof
␈↓ ↓H␈↓LISP␈αand␈αcorresponded␈αwith␈αmany␈αpeople,␈αespecially␈αme,␈αand␈αindeed␈αpublished␈αin␈αEast␈αGermany
␈↓ ↓H␈↓his␈α␈↓↓LISP␈α-␈αAnwendungs-gebiete,␈αGrundbegri≥e,␈αGeschichte␈↓.␈α As␈αyou␈αcan␈αimagine,␈αthis␈αwas␈αquite␈αan
␈↓ ↓H␈↓enterprise for someone whose only possibility for travel was to the Soviet Union.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Recently␈α
they␈α
let␈αhim␈α
emigrate␈α
to␈α
West␈αGermany␈α
after␈α
keeping␈α
him␈αin␈α
jail␈α
for␈α
six␈αmonths
␈↓ ↓H␈↓on trumped up charges of helping someone (never named) escape.  They let him take his family.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        He␈α∩went␈α∩to␈α∩the␈α∩IJCAI␈α∩in␈α∩Vancouver,␈α∩and␈α∩travelled␈α∩around␈α∩the␈α∩U.S.␈α∩and␈α∩interviewed
␈↓ ↓H␈↓various people.  He wants to publish his book in English and has prepared a translation.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        On␈α
the␈αone␈α
hand,␈αhe␈α
has␈αbeen␈α
a␈αtrue␈α
historian␈αin␈α
his␈αdiligence,␈α
quests␈αfor␈α
documents␈αand
␈↓ ↓H␈↓people,␈α∞and␈α∞his␈α∞attempts␈α∂to␈α∞reconstruct␈α∞what␈α∞ideas␈α∞were␈α∂developed␈α∞in␈α∞what␈α∞order␈α∞and␈α∂who␈α∞did
␈↓ ↓H␈↓what.  On the the other hand, he has made many mistakes, and his written English is terrible.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
have␈α
no␈αidea␈α
whether␈α
the␈αtwo␈α
of␈α
you␈αwould␈α
actually␈α
turn␈αout␈α
to␈α
have␈α
common␈αinterests,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓but␈αyou␈αmight␈αbe␈αinterested␈αin␈αlooking␈αat␈αhis␈αEnglish␈αmanuscript␈αand/or␈αhe␈αin␈αyours.␈α He␈αis␈αvery
␈↓ ↓H␈↓intelligent and energetic and pleasant to talk to, and his address is

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Herbert Stoyan
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Institut fur Mathematische Maschinen und Datenverarbeitung
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Martenstrasse 3
␈↓ ↓H␈↓D-8520 Erlangen
␈↓ ↓H␈↓WEST GERMANY
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓αMr. Phil Hilts␈↓ ¬VNovember 7, 1981␈↓ 
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science