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


␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415-497-1391␈↓ 	zAugust 12, 1975
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧or  415-497-4971



␈↓ ↓H␈↓Academy of Sciences
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Moscow, USSR


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Sirs,


␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αam␈αa␈αfourth-year␈αgraduate␈αstudent␈αin␈αthe␈αComputer␈αScience␈αDepartment␈αat␈αStanford␈αUniversity,

␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈αwill␈αreceive␈αmy␈αPh.D.␈αthis␈αyear.␈α My␈αdissertation␈αis␈αin␈αthe␈α≡eld␈αof␈αArti≡cial␈αIntelligence,␈αand␈αI

␈↓ ↓H␈↓shall␈αbe␈αpresenting␈αa␈αpaper␈αat␈αthe␈αFourth␈αInternational␈αJoint␈αConference␈αon␈αArti≡cial␈α
Intelligence,

␈↓ ↓H␈↓to be held this September in Tbilisi.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓After␈αthe␈αconference,␈αmy␈αwife␈αand␈αI␈αshall␈αbe␈αtouring␈αthe␈αUSSR.␈α We␈αwill␈αbe␈αin␈αMoscow␈α
from␈α16

␈↓ ↓H␈↓September␈αto␈α19␈αSeptember,␈αand␈αwould␈αenjoy␈αseeing␈αyour␈αestablishment␈αand␈αmeeting␈αsome␈αof␈αyou

␈↓ ↓H␈↓with␈αsimilar␈αinterests.␈α Although␈αtime␈αdoes␈αnot␈αpermit␈αyou␈αto␈αreply,␈αwe␈αshall␈αstop␈αby␈α(probably␈αin

␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈α
afternoon␈α
of␈α
Wednesday,␈α17␈α
September);␈α
we␈α
shall␈αinquire␈α
whether␈α
there␈α
is␈α
anyone␈αexpecting

␈↓ ↓H␈↓us.␈α Perhaps␈αyou␈α
can␈αcontact␈αus␈α
through␈αIntourist,␈αand␈α
leave␈αa␈αmessage␈α
about␈αa␈αmore␈αde≡nite␈α
time

␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈α
place␈α
for␈α
a␈α
tour,␈α
meeting,␈α
etc.␈α
 If␈α
you␈α
wish␈α
me␈α
to␈α
present␈α
a␈α
brief␈α
talk␈α
about␈α
my␈α
work,␈α
I␈αshall␈α
be

␈↓ ↓H␈↓prepared for that as well.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Looking forward to seeing you next month,
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ εSincerely,






␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ ¬WDouglas B. Lenat