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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY\←L\-R\/'7;\+R\→.\→S   Telephone:
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT\←S\→.415-497-4971
\F0\CAugust 30, 1974

Dr Bernard Chern
Advanced Technology Application Division
Room 401
National Science Foundation
Washington D.C., 20550
(202)632-0648

Dear Dr. Chern,

\JEnclosed is  \F1HAL, A Programming System for Automation,
(Preliminary Report).\F0 This document will constitute a major part of
our first semi-annual report, and will be published as an AI Memo
in about three weeks.  We would very much appreciate any comments
or suggestions which you might have.
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Yours truly,


John McCarthy
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