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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
⊃April 20, 1979 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Edward Teller
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Hoover Institution
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Stanford, CA 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Edward:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
don't␈α
know␈α
how␈αseriously␈α
you␈α
are␈α
considering␈αrunning␈α
for␈α
senator,␈α
but␈αI␈α
hope␈α
you␈α
do␈αif
␈↓ ↓H␈↓your health permits it.  If you run, I will do anything I can to help.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓P.S.␈α
Your␈αspeech␈α
was␈αexcellent,␈α
and␈α
I␈αthink␈α
the␈αstudents␈α
were␈α
impressed.␈α As␈α
I␈αsaid,␈α
I␈αtalked␈α
about
␈↓ ↓H␈↓energy␈αand␈αideology␈αat␈αthe␈αEnergy␈αEngineer's␈αmeeting.␈α The␈αreception␈αwas␈αgood,␈αeven␈αthough␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓speech␈α
was␈αpoor,␈α
because␈αmy␈α
ideas␈αhadn't␈α
jelled␈αsu≠ciently.␈α
 I␈αlook␈α
forward␈αto␈α
seeing␈αyou␈α
at␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓beginning of July.  Perhaps you and your wife can come to dinner.  I am not alone any more.