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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	pJanuary 24, 1980 




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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈αmost␈αfrightening␈αthing␈αto␈αme␈αabout␈αSidney␈αSchanberg's␈αJanuary␈α20␈αstory␈αof␈αCambodia
␈↓ ↓H␈↓is␈αthe␈αbland␈αway␈αhe␈αtells␈αof␈αbribing␈αthe␈αcrew␈αof␈αa␈αCambodian␈αpatrol␈αboat␈αto␈αabandon␈αits␈α
task␈αof
␈↓ ↓H␈↓attacking␈α
Khmer␈αRouge␈α
machine␈αgun␈α
nests␈αso␈α
he␈αcould␈α
get␈αback␈α
to␈αPhnom␈α
Penh␈αand␈α
≡le␈αhis␈α
story
␈↓ ↓H␈↓on␈α∪time.␈α∪ Even␈α∩after␈α∪the␈α∪Khmer␈α∪Rouge␈α∩have␈α∪killed␈α∪three␈α∩million␈α∪Cambodians,␈α∪there␈α∪is␈α∩no
␈↓ ↓H␈↓indication␈α∀that␈α∀it␈α∃might␈α∀have␈α∀ever␈α∃crossed␈α∀Schanberg's␈α∀mind␈α∃that␈α∀there␈α∀might␈α∃have␈α∀been
␈↓ ↓H␈↓something␈αnot␈αquite␈αright␈αaboutt␈αthis␈αation.␈α I␈αfear␈αthat␈αthe␈αimpenetrable␈αself-righteousness␈αof␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓American␈α∩media␈α∩might␈α∩take␈α∩the␈α∩same␈α∩attitude␈α∩about␈α∩getting␈α∩the␈α∩story␈α∩even␈α∩if␈α∩three␈α⊃million
␈↓ ↓H␈↓American lives were being jeopardized by journalistic enterprise.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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