p I sincerely congratulate my dear friend on receiving the honorary title of Doctor of Philology from the State University in Rostov.

p Soviet public organisations, including those of Rostov Region, extend their warmest congratulations to you, a prominent English author, and an active champion of peace and friendly relations between Britain and the USSR on the honorary title of Doctor of Philology conferred upon you by the State 194 University in Rostov, one of the oldest universities of Russia.

p We are inviting you, your wife Pamela Hansford-Johnson, and members of your family to Rostov in May this year, if this is convenient, to receive the diploma.

p With our passion for bettering world records, we are hoping that here, on the Don, we shall go one better on the wonderful, warm hospitality I found in St. Andrews.

p Sincerely yours,
Mikhail Sholokliov

1963