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␈↓ ↓H␈↓ε␈↓ βBSTANFORD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ¬←October 11, 1978




␈↓ ↓H␈↓αTo:␈↓ αH␈↓Doug Murray, United States-China Relations Program

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓αFrom:␈↓ αH␈↓John McCarthy, Director, Arti≡cial Intelligence Lab.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓αSubject:␈↓ αH␈↓Chinese scholars

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Thank␈α⊂you␈α⊂for␈α⊂your␈α∂memo␈α⊂of␈α⊂October␈α⊂9.␈α∂ I␈α⊂think,␈α⊂however,␈α⊂that␈α∂we␈α⊂can't␈α⊂really␈α⊂proceed␈α∂any
␈↓ ↓H␈↓further␈αuntil␈αI␈αhave␈αa␈αresponse␈α
from␈αProfessor␈αTuan␈αto␈αmy␈αrecent␈α
letter,␈αa␈αcopy␈αof␈αwhich␈αI␈αsent␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓you␈αyesterday.␈α  After␈αall,␈αthey␈αmay␈αmerely␈αbe␈αbanking␈αopenings␈αfor␈αvisits,␈αand␈αuntil␈αthey␈αindicate
␈↓ ↓H␈↓when␈α∩they␈α⊃would␈α∩like␈α⊃to␈α∩come,␈α⊃we␈α∩can't␈α⊃know␈α∩what␈α⊃resources␈α∩they␈α⊃might␈α∩by␈α∩competing␈α⊃for.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Therefore, let's postpone our lunch until then.