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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	↑February 26, 1979 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Zohar Manna
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Department of Mathematics
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Weizmann Institute
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Rehovot
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ISRAEL

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Zohar:

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓16-22 symposium on algorithms to be held in Uzbekistan.  Do you intend to attend it?

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓from my formal acceptance of his invitation.  Please let me know you intention as soon as possible.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: Don Knuth