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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
≥July 20, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Jack Minker
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Department of Computer Science
␈↓ ↓H␈↓University of Maryland
␈↓ ↓H␈↓College Park, Maryland 20742

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Jack:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Thanks␈α⊃for␈α⊃Lerner␈α⊃material␈α⊃and␈α⊃send␈α∩him␈α⊃my␈α⊃regards␈α⊃at␈α⊃≡rst␈α⊃opportunity.␈α⊃ I␈α∩heard␈α⊃a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓di≥erent␈αrumor␈α-␈αthis␈αfrom␈αErshov,␈αbut␈αI␈αdidn't␈αask␈αwhether␈αthe␈αinformation␈αwas␈α≡rst␈αhand␈α-␈α
that
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Lerner␈αhad␈α
been␈αthe␈α
chairman␈αof␈α
a␈αcommittee␈α
concerned␈αwith␈α
classi≡ed␈αdissertations.␈α
 I␈αwould␈α
like
␈↓ ↓H␈↓to ask Lerner about this, but please don't do it in a communciation subject to Soviet censorship.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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