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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	ISeptember 15, 1977 




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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Jack:

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prefer␈αthe␈α
fact␈αthat␈α
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visit␈αnot␈α
appear␈αin␈α
print␈αfor␈αseveral␈α
reasons.
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 This␈α
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prepared␈α∞to␈α∞formulate␈α
now.␈α∞ Second,␈α
the␈α∞Russians␈α
have␈α∞gotten␈α∞the␈α
word
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓war.

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓half its present length.

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two␈α∞Russians,␈α∞Jack␈α∞Cohen,␈α∞and␈α∞me,␈α∞was␈α∞not␈α∞represented␈α
in
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view␈αboth␈αof␈α
the␈αRussians␈αand␈α
of␈αthe␈αinternational,␈α
primarily␈αAmerican
␈↓ ↓H␈↓attendence at the meeting.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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