/LMAR=0/XLINE=3/FONT#0=BASL30/FONT#1=BASI30/FONT#2=BASB30/FONT#10=BAXM30/FONT#11=ZERO30/FONT#3=STA200/FONT#4=NGB25
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
⊃April 10, 1979 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Prof. Tang Chih-sung
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Institute of Computers
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Academia Sinica
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Peking, China

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Prof. Tang:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Professors␈α⊂Donald␈α∂Knuth␈α⊂and␈α⊂I␈α∂would␈α⊂like␈α⊂to␈α∂invite␈α⊂you␈α⊂to␈α∂visit␈α⊂the␈α⊂Computer␈α∂Science
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Department␈α∞of␈α∞Stanford␈α∞University␈α∞as␈α∞a␈α∞Visiting␈α∂Scholar␈α∞for␈α∞a␈α∞period␈α∞of␈α∞up␈α∞to␈α∞one␈α∂year␈α∞(your
␈↓ ↓H␈↓choice)␈α
starting␈α
at␈α
any␈α
time␈αconvenient␈α
to␈α
you␈α
on␈α
or␈α
before␈αOctober␈α
1,␈α
1979.␈α
 We␈α
cannot␈α
o≥er␈αa
␈↓ ↓H␈↓salaried␈α
position,␈α
but␈α
we␈α
can␈α
o≥er␈α
some␈α∞help␈α
with␈α
transportation␈α
and␈α
living␈α
expenses␈α
as␈α∞well␈α
as
␈↓ ↓H␈↓o≠ce␈α∞space,␈α∂secretarial␈α∞help␈α∂and␈α∞computer␈α∞facilities.␈α∂ Speci≡cally,␈α∞we␈α∂o≥er␈α∞a␈α∂round-trip␈α∞airplane
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ticket from Peking to San Francisco and $450 per month living expenses for up to one year.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        If␈αit␈αseems␈αlikely␈αthat␈αyou␈αwill␈αbe␈αable␈αto␈αaccept␈αthis␈αo≥er,␈αwrite␈αme,␈αand␈αwe␈αwill␈αsend␈αyou␈αa
␈↓ ↓H␈↓DSP-66 Form that can be used to obtain a visa from the U.S. Embassy in Peking.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Should␈α
it␈α
turn␈α
out␈α
to␈α
be␈αmutually␈α
convenient␈α
for␈α
you␈α
and␈α
the␈α
Computer␈αScience␈α
Department
␈↓ ↓H␈↓for you to teach a course, there would be appropriate additional payment.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: Professors Donald E. Knuth and Edward Feigenbaum