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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	oOctober 24, 1977 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Herbert Stoyan
␈↓ ↓H␈↓DDR 806 Dresden
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Togliattistr. 40
␈↓ ↓H␈↓East Germany

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Stoyan:

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓invitation by late October or early November.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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