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


␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415-497-4202␈↓ 	v10 October 1974



␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Philip Surra
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Resident Representative, O.N.R.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Room 165, Durand Building
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Stanford University
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Stanford, California 94305


␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓αSubject: ␈↓Foreign Travel and Capital Equipment Fabrication (Contract DAHC15-73-C-0435)

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓αReferences:␈↓

␈↓ ↓H␈↓1.␈α
 L.␈α∞Earnest␈α
(Stanford),␈α∞"Capital␈α
Equipment␈α∞Fabrication␈α
(Contract␈α∞DAHC15-73-C-0435)",␈α
letter
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αHto John J. Ducey (ONR), 2 April 1974.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓2.␈α L.␈αEarnest␈α(Stanford),␈α"Foreign␈αTravel␈α(Contract␈αDAHC15-73-C-0435)",␈αletter␈αto␈αJohn␈αJ.␈α
Ducey
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αH(ONR), 22 May 1974.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓3.  John J. Ducey (ONR), letter to L. Earnest (Stanford), 5 June 1974.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Surra:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓This␈α⊂letter␈α⊂requests␈α∂approval␈α⊂of␈α⊂several␈α∂foreign␈α⊂travel␈α⊂and␈α∂capital␈α⊂equipment␈α⊂expenditures,␈α∂as
␈↓ ↓H␈↓follows.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓1.␈α Enclosed␈αis␈αan␈αearlier␈αrequest␈αfor␈αapproval␈αto␈αfabricate␈αcapital␈αequipment␈α[Reference␈α1],␈α
which
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλI understand did not reach your o≠ce.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓2.␈α Our␈αearlier␈αrequest␈αfor␈αapproval␈αof␈αforeign␈αtravel␈α[Reference␈α2]␈αgave␈αestimates␈αfor␈αthe␈αcost␈αof
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλeach␈αtrip,␈αwhereas␈αthe␈αapproval␈αletter␈α
[Reference␈α3]␈αspeci≡ed␈αthat␈αthe␈αexpenditures␈α
were␈αnot
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλto␈α
exceed␈α
these␈α
estimates.␈α
 While␈α
one␈α
of␈α
the␈α
trips␈α
was␈α
completed␈α
within␈α
the␈α
estimate,␈αthe␈α
other
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλthree␈α∞cost␈α∞more.␈α∞ In␈α∞particular,␈α∞Samuel␈α∞and␈α∞Pingle's␈α∞trips␈α∞were␈α∞estimated␈α∞at␈α∞$200␈α∞each,␈α
but
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλcost␈α$265␈α
each,␈αwhile␈α
Feldman's␈αestimated␈α
$700␈αexpense␈αturned␈α
out␈αto␈α
be␈α$934.90.␈α
 I␈αrequest
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλapproval␈αto␈αpay␈αthe␈αactual␈αexpenses.␈α If␈αyou␈αwish,␈αwe␈αcan␈αmake␈αfuture␈αrequests␈αon␈αa␈α"not-to-
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλexceed" basis, rather than "best estimate".

␈↓ ↓H␈↓3.␈α∞ Permission␈α∞is␈α∞requested␈α∞to␈α∞pay␈α∞the␈α
round␈α∞trip␈α∞travel␈α∞expenses␈α∞from␈α∞the␈α∞United␈α∞Kingdom␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλhere␈α
for␈α
Dr.␈α∞John␈α
Gordon,␈α
who␈α
is␈α∞to␈α
take␈α
a␈α
temporary␈α∞(about␈α
one␈α
year)␈α∞appointment␈α
here.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλThe␈αcost␈αis␈αestimated␈αat␈α$1060,␈αor␈αa␈αmaximum␈αof␈α$1250.␈α Dr.␈αGordon␈αrecently␈αcompleted␈αhis
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλPh.D.␈α
at␈αthe␈α
University␈α
of␈αEdinburgh␈α
and␈αis␈α
expected␈α
to␈αplay␈α
a␈α
key␈αrole␈α
in␈αour␈α
Mathematical
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλTheory of Computation Project.
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓4.␈α Permission␈αis␈αrequested␈αto␈αpurchase␈αa␈αUHF-TV␈α
transmitter␈αat␈αa␈αcost␈αof␈α$2,750.␈α This␈αis␈αto␈α
link
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλa␈α
mobile␈α
television␈αcamera␈α
to␈α
our␈αcomputer,␈α
permitting␈α
computer␈αvision␈α
research␈α
on␈αmotion
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλparallax␈α
in␈αnatural␈α
scenes␈α
(mostly␈αoutside).␈α
 We␈αused␈α
to␈α
have␈αa␈α
home-made␈α
transmitter␈αthat
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλdid␈αthe␈αjob␈α(after␈αa␈αfashion)␈αbut␈αthe␈αgraduate␈αstudent␈αwho␈αcreated␈αit␈α≡nished␈αand␈αthe␈αdevice
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλsubsequently␈α⊂broke␈α⊂irreparably,␈α⊂hence␈α⊂this␈α⊂request.␈α⊂ We␈α⊂need␈α⊂a␈α⊂transmitter␈α⊃that␈α⊂produces
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλbetween␈α2␈α
and␈α10␈α
watts␈αat␈α
524␈αMHz.␈α
 We␈αhave␈α
surveyed␈αthe␈α
market␈αand␈α
found␈αthat␈αthe␈α
least
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλexpensive␈α
unit␈α∞is␈α
Model␈α
UAMX-524-2␈α∞manufactured␈α
by␈α
3dbm,␈α∞780␈α
Lake≡eld␈α
Road␈α∞-␈α
Bldg.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ αλH, Westlake Village California 91361.  The quoted price is for this unit.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓These␈α∂items␈α∞are␈α∂required␈α∂to␈α∞perform␈α∂the␈α∂subject␈α∞contract␈α∂(ARPA␈α∂order␈α∞number␈α∂2494),␈α∂but␈α∞the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓University␈α∪is␈α∩unable␈α∪to␈α∩provide␈α∪funds␈α∪from␈α∩its␈α∪own␈α∩resources␈α∪to␈α∩procure␈α∪them.␈α∪ There␈α∩are
␈↓ ↓H␈↓su≠cient funds available under the existing contract to cover these costs.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓Lester D. Earnest
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Executive O≠cer



␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: J.C.R. Licklider, A. Blue (ARPA)