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ALFONS MIR
دار مين للطباعة والنشر *EDITORIAL MIR
29/8-76
May 11,
197 6 r.
Dr. W. Reed Crone
Managing Editor
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE
345 East 47th Street
New York, N.Y., 10017
U.S.A.
MAY 2 8 1976
R. W. LUCKY
LARGES. A. D.
MITIR !. A. ?
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Dear Dr. Crone:
I acknowlege the receipt of your letter of April 9.
I regret to have been unable to answer you promptly.
We appreciate your consent for the Russian editor's
preface to be included in the translated issue, as well as
your generally flexi, approach to our translation project.
Next December, the three-year term expires that is
stipulated in the agreement between the IEEE and Mezhkniga
regarding the Russian edition of PROCEEDINGS. Para. 14 of
the agreement provides for the possibility of its automatic
renewal on a one-year basis if not cancelled by either side.
We feel that the renewal of the agreement for a longer period
(say, for another three years) would provide a more sound
ground for our translation project. We would appreciate it
if you could let us know at your earliest convenience your
position on these matters so that appropriate arrangements
could be made with the VAAP ( the USSR Copyright Agency which
is at present responsible for copyright transactions) and
the Soyuzpechat ( the Soviet agency for the distribution of
periodicals).
In the January issue, Theorem 4.6, part b is referred to
on p. 157 (left column, line 19) in the paper by Helton
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whereas in fact there is no theorem between Theorem 4.5 and
Theorem 4.7. On p. 154 of the sume paper, the last sentence
in the paragraph immediately preco. ding Theorem 4.3 seems
somewhat obscure (what does 'one get"?). In the paper by
Brockett, two different theorems appear under the same head-
ing "Theorem 11". Were we right when we denoted the second
one as Theorem 12? Though the manuscript is now with the
printers it will still be possible to make minor corrections.
Therefore we would be grateful for any suggestions you may
wish to make on the above points.
The subject of the paper by Puthoff and Targ in the March
issue is indeed extremely controversial, with attitudes rang-
ing from frenetic "nonsense" to a mild "perhaps". We are
inclined to side with the editors' opinion in Scanning the
Issue that the, great care taken by the authors in the design
cf
and reporting the experiment makes their paper worthy of
scientific consideration and objective criticism. Unfortunately,
for their survey of the state of the art in the USSR (p. 353)
they relied only on papers either translated or originally
published in English. As a result, their information is
inevitably somewhat incomplete and/or outdated. This may
well compromize the entire paper in the eyes of the Russian-
speaking reader to whom Russian publications are available
at first hand. It would appear, however, that this survey
is intended for the English-speaking reader and is of minor
importance for the pricipal subject. In order to reduce the
risk of severe criticism, the easiest way out in translating
the paper may be one of the following alternatives (in order
of increasing preference) : 1) to leave out the names of Soviet
institutions while retaining all the references to relevant
publications, 2) to present an abridged version of the relevant
paragraphs keeping all the essential points and the references
made, or 3) to replace the relevant paragraphs by one or two
summarizing sentences referring the reader to literature for
the description of Soviet work in this area. Whatever the choice,
we shall be prepared to insert a footnote informing the reader
that the_text has undergone minor changes
In
translation.
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Fig. 1 of this paper carries an inscription "Friday,
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4/12/13" which appears to contradict the fact that April 12,
1973 was Thursday. Shall this inscription be retained or any
notification of the true date be made in the Russian edition?
It would also be highly desirable. to have a footnote to
the effect that although the translation editors realize the
controversial nature of the subject they believe that the
authors well known for their research in electronics have
presented a careful description of true facts which deserve
consideration and can be used by both ESP protagonists and
· adeversaries.
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Sincerely,
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D. G.' Zaidin,
Editor in Chief,
TITER -- the Russian edition of
the PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE
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