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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
∃March 5, 1978 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Editor:
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓New York Times␈↓
␈↓ ↓H␈↓229 West 43d St.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓N.Y. 10036

␈↓ ↓H␈↓To the Editor:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Your␈α∀March␈α∪5␈α∀editorial␈α∪opposes␈α∀the␈α∀Rhodesian␈α∪settlement␈α∀as␈α∪not␈α∀contributing␈α∀to␈α∪the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓American␈αgoal␈αof␈α"a␈α
peaceful␈αtransition␈αto␈αblack␈αrule␈α
throughout␈αsouthern␈αAfrica".␈α What␈α
if␈αthis
␈↓ ↓H␈↓goal␈α∂is␈α∂impractical␈α∞for␈α∂the␈α∂same␈α∂reason␈α∞that␈α∂the␈α∂goal␈α∂of␈α∞liberating␈α∂eastern␈α∂Europe␈α∂from␈α∞Soviet
␈↓ ↓H␈↓domination␈α∩is␈α∩impractical?␈α∩ What␈α∩if␈α∩its␈α∩achievement␈α∩requires␈α∩pushing␈α∩a␈α∩power␈α∩with␈α∩nuclear
␈↓ ↓H␈↓capability to the point of using it?

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        It␈α∞might␈α∂be␈α∞better␈α∞to␈α∂settle␈α∞for␈α∂a␈α∞lesser␈α∞attainable␈α∂goal␈α∞-␈α∞ending␈α∂the␈α∞exploitation␈α∂of␈α∞black
␈↓ ↓H␈↓labor␈αby␈αAfrican␈αwhites.␈α This␈αis␈αattainable,␈αbecause␈αAfrican␈αblacks␈αcan␈αmake␈αthe␈αexploitation␈αof
␈↓ ↓H␈↓their␈αlabor␈αimpractical.␈α
 Given␈αthe␈αexisting␈αhostility␈α
of␈αblacks␈αtowards␈α
whites,␈αwhich␈αis␈αmore␈α
likely
␈↓ ↓H␈↓to grow than to decline, there will probably have to be a partition of southern Africa.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α∪Rhodesian␈α∪internal␈α∪settlement␈α∪gives␈α∪a␈α∪longshot␈α∪chance␈α∪to␈α∪avoid␈α∪this␈α∪outcome␈α∪by
␈↓ ↓H␈↓providing␈αan␈α
example␈αof␈α
whites␈αliving␈α
with␈αblacks␈αwithout␈α
dominating␈αthem.␈α
 Most␈αlikely␈α
it␈αwill
␈↓ ↓H␈↓fail,␈α∞because␈α∞when␈α∞the␈α
blacks␈α∞acquire␈α∞most␈α∞of␈α
the␈α∞power,␈α∞a␈α∞majority␈α
of␈α∞blacks␈α∞will␈α∞consider␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓present␈αdeal␈αinvalid,␈αgo␈αfor␈αfull␈αpower,␈αand␈αdemand␈αredress␈αfor␈αpast␈αwrongs␈αto␈αan␈αextent␈αthat␈αwill
␈↓ ↓H␈↓force␈αwhite␈αemigration.␈α This␈αwill␈αprobably␈αhappen␈αwhether␈αor␈αnot␈αthe␈αguerrillas␈αtake␈αpart␈αin␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓government.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
fear␈αthe␈α
policies␈αadvocated␈α
by␈α
the␈α␈↓↓Times␈↓␈α
are␈αcontributing␈α
to␈α
the␈αlikelihood␈α
of␈αa␈α
war␈αthat␈α
is
␈↓ ↓H␈↓eventually likely to become nuclear.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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