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Dr. George L. Wied, M.D. FIAC
Cytology Service
Department of Pathology
UCLA Center for Health Service
Los Angeles, CA 90024-6508

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Dear Dr. Wied:

	I have decided to turn down your request for a grant of \$7,500 from
AAAI to support the First International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence Systems (Expert Systems) as Diagnostic Consultants for the
Cytologic and Histologic Diagnosis of Cancer.
The reason is that the limited funds at my disposal have as priority
workshops on basic research in AI.

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Sincerely,       

John McCarthy    
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cc: Claudia Mazzetti
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JMC/ra 
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