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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	␈October 3, 1975




␈↓ ↓H␈↓City Editor
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Los Angeles Times Newspaper
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Times Mirror Square
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Los Angeles, California 90053

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Sir:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Si␈αFrumkin's␈α
 September␈α17␈α
article␈α is␈α
mistaken␈αabout␈α
 what␈αwe␈α
did␈α on␈α
behalf␈αof␈α
 would-be
␈↓ ↓H␈↓emigrant␈α↔Soviet␈α↔ scientists␈α↔in␈α_connection␈α↔with␈α↔the␈α↔meeting␈α_in␈α↔the␈α↔Soviet␈α↔ Union␈α_of␈α↔the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓International␈α⊃Conference␈α∩ on␈α⊃Arti≡cial␈α∩ Intelligence.␈α⊃  In␈α∩ particular,␈α⊃ it␈α∩ gives␈α⊃me␈α∩ credit␈α⊃ for
␈↓ ↓H␈↓forcing␈α∞ them␈α∞to␈α∞let␈α∂ out␈α∞a␈α∞ Jewish␈α∞scientist␈α∞by␈α∂ threatening␈α∞that␈α∞no␈α∞Stanford␈α∞people␈α∂ would␈α∞be
␈↓ ↓H␈↓allowed␈α∂ to␈α∂come␈α∞ to␈α∂the␈α∂conference␈α∞ unless␈α∂they␈α∂ let␈α∞him␈α∂ into␈α∂ the␈α∞conference␈α∂ or␈α∂ out␈α∂of␈α∞ the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓country.␈α   Ovsei␈αGelman,␈α the␈α scientist␈α they␈α let␈α  out,␈α was␈α registered␈α for␈α  the␈αconference,␈αbut
␈↓ ↓H␈↓so␈α
far␈α
as␈α
I␈α
know,␈α
no␈α
threat␈α
 was␈α
made␈α
on␈α
his␈α
behalf.␈α
On␈α
the␈α
other␈α
 hand,␈α
Alexander␈α∞Lerner,␈α
a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Moscow␈αcyberneticist,␈αwas␈αnot␈αmerely␈αinvited␈α by␈αus␈α to␈αattend␈α but␈αincluded␈α in␈αan␈αo≠cial␈α panel
␈↓ ↓H␈↓discussion,␈α and␈α
the␈αmain␈αe≥orts␈α
 were␈αin␈αhis␈α
behalf␈α and␈α
included␈αa␈αthreat␈α
of␈αa␈αdemonstration␈α
 at
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈α
meeting.␈α  After␈α
arguing,␈α
on␈α the␈α
≡rst␈α day␈α
 of␈α
the␈α conference,␈α
 the␈α Soviets␈α
 agreed␈α
that␈α he
␈↓ ↓H␈↓could participate.   He did,  and was  treated with courtesy.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Mr.␈α
Frumkin's␈α
source␈α
mixed␈α
up␈α
what␈α∞happened␈α
this␈α
time␈α
with␈α
what␈α
we␈α
 think␈α∞we␈α
should
␈↓ ↓H␈↓have␈α
done␈α
 in␈α
connection␈α∞with␈α
 a␈α
Soviet␈α
 conference␈α
to␈α∞which␈α
 they␈α
invited␈α
several␈α∞people␈α
from
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Stanford␈αincluding␈α an␈αIsraeli␈αwho␈αlater␈αwas␈α not␈αgiven␈αa␈α visa.␈α  The␈αSoviet␈α scientists␈αexpressed
␈↓ ↓H␈↓continued␈α optimism␈α
that␈α the␈αvisa␈α
 for␈α him␈αwould␈α
 come␈αeven␈α after␈α
 we␈αarrived,␈α but␈α
it␈αdidn't.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓We should have said, "not one without all", and next time we will.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
 agree␈α with␈α
 Mr.␈α
Frumkin's␈α opinion␈α
 that␈α protest␈α
against␈α
violations␈αof␈α
human␈αrights␈α
and
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈α∞customs␈α∞of␈α∞scienti≡c␈α∞meetings␈α∞are␈α
important␈α∞and␈α∞often␈α∞e≥ective.␈α∞  Our␈α∞Soviet␈α∞colleagues␈α
can
␈↓ ↓H␈↓often␈α≡nd␈αreasons␈αfor␈α
 giving␈αin␈α to␈αforeign␈α pressure␈α
when␈α they␈αknow␈α we␈α are␈α
right.␈α  Fairness
␈↓ ↓H␈↓requires␈α stating␈αthat␈α while␈αthe␈αSoviets␈α mistreat␈αprotesters,␈αthey␈αare␈αbetter␈αthan␈αthe␈αChinese␈αwho
␈↓ ↓H␈↓don't tolerate their existence.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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