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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
¬March 23, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. John Leng
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Vice-President
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Digital Equipment Corporation
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear John:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We␈α
are␈α
very␈α
grateful␈α
for␈α
DEC's␈α
gift␈α
of␈α
a␈α
KL-10␈α
processor,␈α
and␈α
to␈α
you␈α
personally␈α∞and␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓others␈αwho␈αarranged␈αit,␈αand␈αwe␈αwould␈αlike␈αto␈αexpress␈αit␈αin␈αa␈αsuitable␈αway.␈α Our␈αidea␈αis␈αto␈αhave␈αa
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ceremonial␈α
unveiling␈α
after␈α
the␈α
machine␈α
is␈α
working␈α
in␈α
our␈α
system.␈α
 The␈α
middle␈α
of␈α
May␈α
seems␈α
like␈α
a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓good␈α∞time␈α∞to␈α∞us.␈α∞ Would␈α∂you␈α∞and/or␈α∞someone␈α∞else␈α∞from␈α∞DEC␈α∂like␈α∞to␈α∞come?␈α∞ It␈α∞will␈α∞also␈α∂be␈α∞the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓tenth anniversary of our PDP-6.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α⊃PDP-10␈α⊃has␈α⊃played␈α⊃an␈α⊃important␈α⊃role␈α⊃in␈α⊃computer␈α⊃science␈α⊃laboratories,␈α⊃and␈α⊃I␈α⊃am
␈↓ ↓H␈↓thinking␈α↔about␈α↔having␈α↔three␈α↔talks␈α↔related␈α↔to␈α↔the␈α↔subject,␈α↔one␈α↔from␈α↔you␈α↔or␈α_other␈α↔DEC
␈↓ ↓H␈↓representative,␈αone␈α
from␈αme,␈αand␈α
one␈αfrom␈αsomewhere␈α
else␈αin␈αthe␈α
ARPA␈αcommunity.␈α
 I␈αwelcome
␈↓ ↓H␈↓your reaction.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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