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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	pJanuary 20, 1977




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Fred Weingarten
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Computer Science Section
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Division of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
␈↓ ↓H␈↓National Science Foundation
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Washington, D.C. 20550

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Weingarten:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Enclosed␈α
is␈α∞a␈α
copy␈α∞of␈α
a␈α∞letter␈α
from␈α∞James␈α
Bell␈α∞of␈α
Digital␈α∞Equipment␈α
Corporation␈α∞and␈α
an
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ARPANET␈α∂message␈α∂from␈α∂Glenn␈α∂Ricart␈α∂of␈α∂National␈α∂Institutes␈α∂of␈α∂Health␈α∂expressing␈α∂interest␈α∞in
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dialnet.␈α∪ They␈α∩have␈α∪seen␈α∩the␈α∪Dialnet␈α∩proposal␈α∪in␈α∩a␈α∪form␈α∩advancing␈α∪it␈α∩as␈α∪a␈α∪technical␈α∩idea
␈↓ ↓H␈↓separated␈α
from␈αa␈α
request␈α
for␈αresearch␈α
support.␈α
 We␈αhave␈α
also␈α
received␈αmany␈α
oral␈α
expressions␈αof
␈↓ ↓H␈↓interest.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        This␈αinterest␈α
con≡rms␈αmy␈αconviction␈α
that␈αsome␈αform␈α
of␈αDialnet␈αwill␈α
occur␈αeventually␈αeven␈α
if
␈↓ ↓H␈↓NSF␈αdoesn't␈αsupport␈αour␈αproposal␈αbut␈αprobably␈αwith␈αmuch␈αmore␈αlimited␈αgenerality␈αand␈αcapability
␈↓ ↓H␈↓for␈αgrowth␈αwithout␈αdisruption.␈α Therefore,␈αI␈αthink␈αthat␈αNSF␈αshould␈αtry␈αto␈αact␈αpromptly,␈αbecause␈αI
␈↓ ↓H␈↓believe␈αthat␈α
a␈αproject␈α
that␈αaims␈αfor␈α
generality␈αat␈α
the␈αstart␈αwill␈α
be␈αbetter␈α
than␈αthe␈αeventual␈α
merging
␈↓ ↓H␈↓of␈α∩the␈α⊃e≥orts␈α∩of␈α∩computer␈α⊃companies␈α∩optimizing␈α∩their␈α⊃individual␈α∩marketing␈α∩and␈α⊃government
␈↓ ↓H␈↓agencies optimizing the internal communications among a ≡xed populations of computers.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I am also led to fear that we haven't asked you for enough money.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: Les Earnest,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓    Kent Curtis, National Science Foundation