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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	zAugust 16, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Jeremy Stone
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Federation of American Scientists
␈↓ ↓H␈↓307 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Washington, D.C. 20002

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Stone:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Enclosed␈α
belatedly␈α
is␈αthe␈α
copy␈α
of␈α
the␈αreport␈α
of␈α
our␈α
interaction␈αwith␈α
the␈α
Soviets␈αin␈α
connection
␈↓ ↓H␈↓with Lerner's participation in our meeting.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α∩found␈α⊃your␈α∩doubts␈α⊃about␈α∩the␈α⊃right␈α∩of␈α⊃persons␈α∩to␈α⊃emigrate␈α∩from␈α⊃their␈α∩own␈α⊃countries
␈↓ ↓H␈↓extremely␈α∞depressing,␈α∞because␈α∞it␈α∞con≡rmed␈α∞my␈α∞fears␈α∞that␈α∞the␈α∞intellectual␈α∞community␈α∞is␈α∞losing␈α
its
␈↓ ↓H␈↓devotion␈α∂to␈α∞individual␈α∂rights.␈α∞ It␈α∂would␈α∞be␈α∂interesting,␈α∞however,␈α∂to␈α∞see␈α∂if␈α∞there␈α∂is␈α∂a␈α∞correlation
␈↓ ↓H␈↓between␈α∂a␈α∂person␈α∂holding␈α∂this␈α∂view␈α∂and␈α∂his␈α∂views␈α∂on␈α∂apparently␈α∂unrelated␈α∂issues␈α⊂like␈α∂nuclear
␈↓ ↓H␈↓energy.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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