supporting the idea and plan to organize an international conference on the history of computing, some sugestions on the subject

On Christmas the author imparts exciting news about a beautiful colloquium Prof. Serguei Kapitza gave and about a very fine impression on the American people that Secretary Gorbachev has made during a treaty signing in Washington.

Thanks for the encouraging letter; on the joint contribution to the conference, the address of Mshura-Bura, Ershov's co-author