cannot come to Urgench on financial and political reasons

thanks and agrees to come

regret at not being able to attend the symposium

explains that the quota for soviet participants will be raised so that Dr. Slisenko can make his solution on coming to Urgench without any conflict; formal invitation enclosed

writes about some practical aspects, such as blackboard, coloured chalk, overhead and sheduling

confirms invitation for Prof. N.A. Shanin

confirms that, not depending on his coming to Urgench, Prof. N.A. Shanin is invited; asks for precise themes of his possible talks

cannot attend due to lack of travel funds

information on his travelling plans

request for invitation to the symposium

confirms his participating in the symposium, sends the abstract of his talk and asks to invite Prof. Yu.V. Kapitonova with a talk and to include A.V. Anisimov in the group of scientific translators

will not be able to come to the symposium

unable to attend the symposium

thanks for invitation; discusses his possible talk at the symposium

(reply to the letter of 23.07.1979) asks to help him in preparation of the opening talk (how "not to be afraid to praise the participants of the symposium")

is so much sorry that they will not meet at Urgench but, on the other side, admits that a taste for work is worth giving up the outlined plans

the status report on the participants, an initial approximation to the working order, suggestions on invited and opening talks

some remarks on the list of the initial invitees and discussion of his arrival to Moscow

invites to Thanksgiving Day dinner, informs on the current status of participants and gives other names of potential invitees

writes about an unexplicable dropping of his name from the initial list of participants