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\F0\CSTANFORD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY
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\CSTANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305
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							May 21, 1974



Professor Vladimir Slamecka
School of Information and Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332


Dear Professor Slamecka:

\J	I have received your "Background paper for ... " and have read it
carefully.  I am sorry to have to tell you this so late, but I have decided
not to attend the Roundtable, because I don't think the discussion will be
useful enough to justify the time.  Basically, I don't think discussions
at that level of abstraction can be fruitful for planning when carried on
by a panel with a captive audience of officials.  Such abstract considerations
are more appropriately put forth in ordinary scientific meetings or in
publications.

	With apologies for this late decision.\.



							Sincerely yours,



							John McCarthy
							Professor of Computer Science
							Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory