Letter from Polokarpov

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B. Pasternak turned to me for advice on what he should do in connection with the proposal of the Norwegian publishers to receive money for the book "Doctor Zhivago."

...Pasternak would like to receive this money, a portion of which he intends to give to the Literary Fund "for the needs of elderly writers."

I think that Pasternak should refuse receipt of money from the Norwegian bank.

I am asking for permission to express this point of view.

(signed)

D. Polikarpov April 16 1959