J.J.Horning refuses to submit a paper at the Congress.

Other invited speakers are suggested instead of Horning.

of the first meeting of the Program Committee.

It is decided to invite Harlan Mills as a speaker instead of Horner. As yet there is no acceptance from Dr. Kotov. The attachment contains the letter to H.Mills.

urging for IFIP support to cover Ershov's living expenses in Amsterdam during the first PC meeting.

"Program Committee will cover your living expenses in Amsterdam for September meeting."

to invited speakers with advices concerning written form of their papers.

for the list of invited speakers. Several other points of preparation to the Congress are also discussed.

No reaction as yet from supposed panelists, but there are two volunteers in reserve. There is only one paper from India. The responce from potential reviewers is good. All circulars from Amsterdam have come.

Original and Russian texts of two documents: a) a letter which concerns organizational issues of the first PC meeting; b) a list of PC members as of April 25, 1978.

indicating the term of the first PC meeting.

Randell has refused to participate at the Congress. It is proposed to invite Sandewall with his panel topic.

Prof. Sumner agrees to invitation of Sandewall with his panel topic.

The paper presented by L.Pietschker to the IFIP 80 Congress has not been accepted.

which confirms Ershov's hotel reservation as well as covering his living expenses during the PC meeting.

for a parcel with copies of forms for registration of the received papers.

The secretary of Prof. Sumner informs that Prof. Sumner is away on holiday and is unable to deal with the letter received.

suggesting several cadidates instead of Horning.

which informs that E.Sandewall has accepted chairing the panel in Melbourne.

The author, as the consulting editor of a series of Computer Science books, asks the addressee and his colleaques to make a contribution in the series from the soviet side. He would be interested to hear also what the addressee thinks about a multi-font wordprocessor developed in his Department.