Index To: Human Rights Binder Dated 1973 - June 1975

INDEX TO: HUMAN RIGHTS BINDER DATED 1973 - JUNE 1975

December 10, 2005

DATE TO FROM DESCRIPTION 7/26/1973 JM Joan Croitori Sends 3 letters and a list of people to whom she is going to send them to re Galler 7/31/73 7/27/1973 JM Ruth Levine They will supply the names of the Soviet scientists by the end of August. JM chairmanship welcomed as in JM letter of 7/23/73. 7/27/1973 Herb Freeman JM Requests the name and adress of the U.S.S.R representative to IFIPS 7/31/1973 Bernie Galler Wants signatures for a letter to the President re travel for Soviet scientists. Signatures from past presidents ACM/AFIPS/IFIPS - signers: Householder, Astrahan, Gilchrist, Armer, Perlis, Carlson, Galler, Galler, Ralston, Auerbach, Herman, Findler 8/1/1973 JM Herb Freeman Provides name of IFIP delegate to the U.S.S.R 8/7/1973 JM Richard Tanaka Does not like language of the letter to the White House 8/21/1973 JM George Glaser Will not add his name to the letter to the President because he has no ﬁrst hand knowledge 9/7/1973 JM ”talks about a letter adressed to Pres.Nixon, Premier , Brezhnev, Ambassador Dobrynin, Secretary of the State Designate Kissinger, and Academician Dobrynicyn” 9/17/1973 Ruth Levine JM Same as one sent on September 7 1/4/1974 Ruth Levine JM Note in response to her letter of November 21 1973 Suggest Lerner, Brailovsky and Gelman handled by my Committee. Gotlieb to be asked to invite Brailovsky to ISEPS, Stockholm

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1/4/1974 Lev Leifman JM Says he wants to help him obtain an exit visa Asks him for his needs for technical material (journals). 1/5/1974 Amarel JM JM notes it is peculiar to hold IJCAI’75 in U.S.S.R. But, is opportunity to have our voices heard. JM suggests two approaches: invite Soviets to IJCAI’75 or change venue - JM prefers former approach. 1/12/1974 JM Weizenbaum Suggests open meetings at conferences on human rights to discuss issues. 1/16/1974 JM Ruth Levine Asks his Comm. to do things for Lerner and other things. 1/22/1974 Organick JM Wants to hear from him about Ershov’s plans. 1/22/1974 Weizenbaum JM Agrees to take responsibilty for 3 other Soviet Scientists. 1/22/1974 Ruth Levine JM Responding to her letter of January 16 1974. Spoke about inviting Lerner to IJCAI’75. Not clear what is happening with Brailovsky re Gotlieb. 1/30/1974 J.B.Rosen JM Says he agreed to be Vice Chair-has no info. on Leifman. Asks Rosen if he can help. 2/11/1974 JM Organick Liked my letter to Leifman. Need to contact Ershov to make sure he gets the message on Refuseniks. 10/1/1974 A Guidebook for Contacting Jews in the U¿S.S.R. - WCSJ 10/27/1974 Laurel Guld Manekofsky Spoke to people involved in Tbilsi conf and found out Glenn Richter Lerner invited - no publicity - JM handling. 11/8/1974 A. Lerner JM Discusses possible Panel session at IJCAI’75. Asks about Brailovsky re panel. 12/1/1974 Minutes CCS meeting. Ruth Levine resigns. Lilli Chertoﬀ replacement. Levine discusses IJCAI’75 for JM 12/5/1974 JM A. Lerner Response JM letter 11/8/74 - O.K. with Panel Session. Suggests Brailovsky for panel and Pjatatetsky-Shapiro and Aselson-Velosky attend 1/6/92 Notes of talk by Paul Plotz at JMs 65th birthday at MD

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1/2/1975 JM Peter Gall Would like response to his letter imediatley either through him or straight to Lerner.

1/4/1975 JM Notes re phone call to Lerner-3/27/75 Pat Winston Raphael, Finerman, McCarthy, State Department

1/7/1975 Chertoﬀ Abstract of paper Lerner would have presented at seminar had it taken place.

1/7/1975 Finerman Herb Bright Says resolution would be better if framed negativly.

1/9/1975 ACM Council Finerman Sends resoulution for the ACM Council on guidelines re ACM support for international conferences

1/9/1975 JM Myron Rosenblum Sends information on Alexander Lerner

1/16/1975 JM et al. Herb Bright Withdraws letter to Finerman dated 1/7/1975

1/16/1975 Ovesi Gelman JM Tells Gelman he may be able to attend IJCAI - Dr. Passow - U Temple contacted JM and asked how to help Gelman

1/19/1975 Pat Winston JM Refers to conversation with him Jan. 6, 1975 re Lerner panel. Sends him copy of JM letter to Lerner 11/8/74. No commitments made.

1/27/1975 JM H.Freeman Copy of letter from Torston Press asking for Brailovsky’s scientiﬁc areas

2/1/1975 Bulletin Atomic Scientists article by Callen and Stern

2/25/1975 JM Marc Eisenstadt Wants to ”demonstrate” rather than boycott

2/26/1975 JM Joel Michaels Lilli told him to contact JM about Tblisi Conf. Michaels is concerned with Ovesi Gelman

3/3/1975 Herb Freeman Bojan Rylander Copy of Torston Press letter 1/20/74 re Brailovsky

3/4/1975 Joel Michaels JM Says he will pay for Gelman to attend IJCAI

3/5/1975 JM V.Cherniavsky Includes his CV and a list of his publications

3/10/1975 Torston Press Herb Freemen Has not yet obtained information from those who originally called Brailovsky

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3/11/1975 JM Chertoﬀ Sending copy of her letter to Torston Press. Includes CVs of Irina and Viktor Brailovsky.

3/25/1975 Piatetsky-Shapiro Goldhaber Hiring him in UMD Math Dept. for Academic Yr.

3/28/1975 JM Russ Ackoﬀ Wants to know what’s being done and how to help Gelman. Gelman letter mentioned JM to Ackoﬀ

3/31/1975 Pat Winston JM Can not attend IJCAI on Friday evening after Sept. 5 because it is Rosh Ha Shanah

4/2/1975 V.Cherniavsky JM Sends CV to other Profs and requests some papers

4/3/1975 JM Al Meyer Asks about Ovsi Gelman

4/11/1975 JM V.Cherniavsky Is forwarding papers of his and his students’

4/14/1975 JM Si Frumkin Sends translation of letter from Dr. V. Lefebvre regarding Ovsei Gelman.

4/16/1975 JM Ira Michaels Copies of letters about Gelman and from Gelman

4/24/1975 V.Lefebrve JM Hopes to stay informed and write colleagues re Gelman. Includes letter to Ershov, Samoylenko, Bribrin. Gave letter to Ershov.

4/25/1975 IJCAI JM $20 check for Gelman’s confrence fee

4/25/1975 Sandewall JM $40 check to cover preregistragtion fee

4/25/1975 McCarthy JM Update on JCIT panel - discusses conversations with Pat Winston re JM not wanted as Panel Chair by Soviets.

4/25/1975 JM Asks people to write about exit visa for Gelman

4/25/1975 Chevachanidze JM Urges him to help obtain visa for Gelman.

4/25/1975 Nat Com IJCAI75 JM Check for $20 for Gelman, Lerner, Minker

4/30/1975 Minsky V.Lefebvre Gives him Dr. Chavachanidze’s address

3/27/78 JM Hirsch Letter from Dorothy about Goldshteins and bios of them

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5/1/1975 McCarthy V.Lefebvre Asks John to write to Dr.Chavchanidze about Dr.Gelman obtaining an exit visa. Same letter to Minsky. Includes bio of Gelman.

5/1/1975 Lerner Winston Invites Lerner to join Panel at IJCAI75

5/2/1975 JM Sandwell Says that the fees for IJCAI75 are $40 each

5/2/1975 JM Shneiderman Sends copy of letter and list to whom copies were sent. Letter concerns Ovsei Gelman.

5/6/1975 Sandwell JM Sends two $40 checks for Gelman and Lerner IJCAI75 preregistration fees. Receipt from Winston in in another letter for Gelman and Lerner.

5/14/1975 JM Russ Ackoﬀ Copy of letter to Chavachanidze - says he has sent copies of every document he can to Gelman

5/14/1975 JM Receipt- $80 for Lerner/Gelman preregistration fees

5/19/1975 Vice-Chairs Chertoﬀ Gen. Account Oﬀ. Report on US/USSR Exchange Programs in Science and Technology. Brief summary by Jack Cohen.

5/26/1975 The Letter of Michael Varnavitsky. Note on back of last page from Gelman in Israel -envelope date 1/20/75

5/28/1975 JM Chertoﬀ Copy of letter from Gelman to Sid Morgenbeser and article he refers to mentions Dan Berry wants to be on mail list. Some bio info on Gelman in Gelman letter.

5/28/1975 JM Lerner Says he is pleased with what Jack is doing. + Debrieﬁng of Congressman Hamilton Fish 6/05/75 + USSR Notes.

5/28/1975 Sislen Chertoﬀ Information about Kosharovsky training seminar in USSR.

5/29/1975 CCS Dan Berry Asks that Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, and Secretary of State Kisinger be written to with regards to an attached article regarding an individual’s harassment

6/1/1975 CCS CURRENT newsletter

6/2/1975 JM Sislen adress for Lev Karp

6/3/1975 CCS News Release - cooperation by 14 Nobel Laureates/prominent scientsts jeopradized by treatment of Mark Azbel.

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6/4/1975 Chertoﬀ Copy of Press release to Natl Exec Board by Mark Azbel re Moscow Seminars - harrassed by KGB.

6/4/1975 JM Lipman Bers Attached info on Vladimir Turchin in letter to Lipman by Hedrick L. Smith + letter from Turchin to Smith.

6/1975? Lerner 15 pp report, by Lerner “Problems of Creating a Theory of Active Systems.”

6/5/1975 Sislen De-brieﬁng of Congressmen Hamilton Fish

6/8/1975 JM Lou Raeuthi Sends information from Lerner

6/8/1975 New York times article by Cristopher Wren

6/9/1975 Russ Ackoﬀ JM Adress for Soviet group and Lilli Chertoﬀ

6/9/1975 JM Manekofsky Thoughts from an ex-Soviet Jew re boycot IJCAI75 and article re-printed by Wash. Comm. Soviet Jewry

6/11/1975 Computer World article by Herb Grosch

6/12/1975 Sandwell Tortsen Press Brailovsky fears may not be able to get Sandwell aplication

6/12/1975 Winston JM N.Y. Times article by Cristopher Wren - K.G.B. bars Lerner from IJCAI75

6/12/1975 Sislen Translate of educ. - 8 participants in re-training seminar

6/23/1975 Chertoﬀ Tortsen Press Brailovsky has aplied for participation in IJCAI75

6/23/1975 Sandwell Tortsen Press Brailovsky has aplied for participation in IJCAI75

6/26/1975 JM E. Ashenberg Copy letter Lilli received from T. Press + ICSU resolutions

6/30/1975 JM Lerner Wants help supporting his repatriation from VI IFAC Congress (includes list of acting colleagues)

8/4/1975 Al Meyer JM Ovsi Gelman received visa- leaving for Israel

G. Goldshtein Information on Grigory and his brother Isai

JM Sonya Levin Thanks him for helping her father Alexander Lerner Check when Brezhnev visited US March 1975?