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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Department of Computer Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 

August 6, 1983 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, President
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Centre Mondial
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Informatique et Resource Humaine
␈↓ ↓H␈↓22, Avenue Matignon
␈↓ ↓H␈↓75008 Paris
␈↓ ↓H␈↓FRANCE

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Servan-Schreiber:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Many␈α∂thanks␈α∞for␈α∂your␈α∞letter␈α∂of␈α∞July␈α∂28,␈α∞and␈α∂I␈α∞agree␈α∂with␈α∞all␈α∂its␈α∞proposals.␈α∂ I␈α∂have␈α∞been
␈↓ ↓H␈↓advocating␈α∞electronic␈α∞libraries␈α∞since␈α∞1961,␈α∞and␈α∞the␈α∞Centre␈α∞Mondial␈α∞looks␈α∞like␈α∞an␈α∞opportunity␈α∞to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓make progress.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αhad␈αhoped␈αto␈αvisit␈αyou␈αon␈αAugust␈α8␈αon␈αmy␈αway␈αto␈αIJCAI,␈αbut␈αRaj␈αtold␈αme␈αthat␈αyou␈αand
␈↓ ↓H␈↓others␈α∪would␈α∪be␈α∪out␈α∪of␈α∪town.␈α∪ I␈α∪will␈α∪be␈α∪in␈α∪Paris␈α∪again␈α∪for␈α∪the␈α∪International␈α∀Congress␈α∪on
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Information␈αProcessing␈αfrom␈αSeptember␈α19␈αto␈α23␈αand␈αcan␈αstay␈αa␈αfew␈αdays␈αlonger␈αreturning␈αon␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓27th␈αso␈αas␈αto␈αmake␈αmy␈α≡rst␈αclass␈αof␈αthe␈αAutumn␈αquarter.␈α At␈αthis␈αtime␈αwe␈αcan␈αplan␈αthe␈αworkshop
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈αdiscuss␈αthe␈αresident␈αmanager.␈α We␈αdon't␈αhave␈α
much␈αmoney,␈αso␈αit␈αis␈αimportant␈αto␈αtry␈αto␈α
get␈αa
␈↓ ↓H␈↓single␈α∂person␈α⊂able␈α∂to␈α∂do␈α⊂everything␈α∂from␈α∂dealing␈α⊂with␈α∂vendors␈α∂to␈α⊂writing␈α∂programs␈α⊂and␈α∂even
␈↓ ↓H␈↓writing press releases.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α⊂will␈α⊃be␈α⊂in␈α⊃touch␈α⊂with␈α⊂Raj␈α⊃when␈α⊂I␈α⊃return␈α⊂from␈α⊂IJCAI,␈α⊃and␈α⊂I␈α⊃am␈α⊂looking␈α⊃forward␈α⊂to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓meeting you in September.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Incidentally,␈αI␈α
have␈αno␈α
problem␈αwith␈α
written␈αFrench␈α
letters␈αor␈α
documents,␈αalthough␈α
I␈αdon't
␈↓ ↓H␈↓understand oral French well enough for business or scienti≡c use.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: Raj Reddy