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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	oOctober 15, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓John W. Monbeck
␈↓ ↓H␈↓3234 Ridge Rd.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Highland, Indiana 46322

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Monbeck:

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your␈αOctober␈α2␈α
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓countries␈α∞into␈α∞a␈α
position␈α∞of␈α∞requiring␈α
nuclear␈α∞weapons␈α∞to␈α
survive.␈α∞ As␈α∞Angola␈α∞shows,␈α
obtaining
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈α⊂active␈α⊂support␈α⊂of␈α⊃the␈α⊂Soviet␈α⊂Union␈α⊂is␈α⊃enough␈α⊂to␈α⊂win␈α⊂if␈α⊃the␈α⊂U.S.␈α⊂can␈α⊂be␈α⊃prevented␈α⊂from
␈↓ ↓H␈↓supplying arms to the other side.

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓shouldn't regard ourselves and the Russians as the only countries with policy options.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        It␈α∞seems␈α∞to␈α∂me␈α∞that␈α∞the␈α∞groups␈α∂you␈α∞mention␈α∞-␈α∞with␈α∂the␈α∞possible␈α∞exception␈α∞of␈α∂the␈α∞Iranian
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Student's␈α⊂Association␈α⊂about␈α∂which␈α⊂I␈α⊂don't␈α∂know␈α⊂much␈α⊂-␈α∂are␈α⊂not␈α⊂out␈α∂to␈α⊂convince␈α⊂us␈α⊂that␈α∂they
␈↓ ↓H␈↓represent␈α∞"liberal␈α∞democracy".␈α∞ They␈α∞and␈α∞their␈α∞American␈α∞supporters␈α∞want␈α∞us␈α∞to␈α∞accept␈α∞"people's
␈↓ ↓H␈↓democracy" which doesn't require free elections or free speech or freedom to emigrate.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I am not clear about what kind of group you advocate, but I would like to hear more.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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