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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	zAugust 27, 1979 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Prof. Tang Chih-sung
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Institute of Computers
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Academia Sinica
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Beijing
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Peoples Republic of China

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Professor Tang:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Your␈α∞sister␈α∞called␈α
me␈α∞regarding␈α∞your␈α
questions␈α∞concerning␈α∞the␈α
visa␈α∞for␈α∞your␈α
son.␈α∞ I␈α∞talked␈α
with
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr.␈α∩Tom␈α∪Fingar␈α∩of␈α∪the␈α∩U.S.-China␈α∪Relations␈α∩O≠ce␈α∩here␈α∪at␈α∩Stanford.␈α∪ He␈α∩called␈α∪the␈α∩State
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Department␈α∞in␈α∞Washington␈α∞D.C..␈α∞ The␈α∞usual␈α∞U.S.␈α∞policy␈α∞is␈α∞that␈α∞if␈α∞someone␈α∞is␈α∞coming␈α∞on␈α∂a␈α∞J-1
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Visa,␈α⊂the␈α∂J-2␈α⊂Visa␈α∂is␈α⊂automatically␈α⊂issued␈α∂to␈α⊂dependents.␈α∂If␈α⊂a␈α⊂length␈α∂of␈α⊂time␈α∂is␈α⊂imposed,␈α⊂it␈α∂is
␈↓ ↓H␈↓established␈α∩after␈α∩the␈α∩person␈α∪arrives␈α∩(i.e.,␈α∩on␈α∩entry),␈α∩and␈α∪the␈α∩State␈α∩Department␈α∩seemed␈α∪to␈α∩be
␈↓ ↓H␈↓surprised␈α
that␈α
there␈α
could␈α
be␈α
a␈α
problem␈αregarding␈α
time␈α
limit␈α
(e.g.,␈α
3␈α
mos.),␈α
being␈αestablished␈α
before
␈↓ ↓H␈↓arrival.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αam␈αsending␈αa␈αletter␈αto␈αJohn␈αThompson␈αof␈αthe␈αU.S.␈αEmbassy␈αto␈αsee␈αif␈αhe␈αcan␈αhelp␈αstraighten␈αout
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the situation.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓If␈αthere␈αseem␈αto␈αbe␈αfurther␈αproblems,␈αTom␈αFingar␈α
said␈αto␈αplease␈αfeel␈αfree␈αto␈αcall␈αhim.␈α If␈αthere␈α
are
␈↓ ↓H␈↓further problems, please let me know and I will talk to him.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc:  John Thompson, U.S. Embassy, Beijing