The Soviets, the CIA, and “Dr. Zhivago” https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2014/07/the-soviets-the-cia-and-dr-zhivago/

July 10, 2014 | Michael Scammell
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In publishing his regime-defying novel abroad, the Russian poet Boris Pasternak, the baptized child of Jewish parents, had a little help from Uncle Sam. 

Read more on New York Review: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/jul/10/cias-zhivago/