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From: wgh@ubbpc.UUCP (William G. Hutchison)
Newsgroups: comp.theory
Subject: Re: RUSSIAN SCIENCE: PLEASE HELP !!!
Summary: limited offer
Message-ID: <816@ubbpc.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 91 19:39:32 GMT
References: <1991Apr21.234214.28955@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK> <80607@bu.edu.bu.edu>
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In article <80607@bu.edu.bu.edu>, gene@cs.bu.edu (Gene Itkis) writes:
> In article <1991Apr21.234214.28955@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK> ees1ae@moria.ee.surrey.ac.uk (Ata Etemadi) writes:
> 
> >Would you be willing to help Russian space scientists ? 
       [ ... ]
> >I am asking for contributions of hardware and/or software 
> >of any type, age or description. etc...
> 
> I would like to add a word of caution. It may be possible that your equipment
> will never get to be used in the ways in which you intended it when donating.
> Space research is closely tied with the military and that may be who you'll end
> up supplying. [ ... ]

 I agree with Gene Itkis that one should be cautious about responding
positively to this request (I am not suggesting that Etemadi is not sincere).

 Personally, I am only interested in assisting the Soviet Empire (not Union)
in two ways:

 (1) Dismantling the Soviet Empire's thermonuclear and nuclear warheads, and
 (2) Dismantling the Soviet Empire.

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