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Letter from Linus Pauling to the Collector of Internal Revenue, December 5, 1954.
Pauling writes to state that he will be making a trip to Stockholm and will be out of the country until mid-March. He does not have complete records for 1954 and will not be able to prepare an income tax statement before he leaves. He is planning to prepare the statement and make his full payment before the deadline in April. Until that time, he encloses an estimated payment of 2500 dollars.

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5 December 1954

Collector of Internal Revenue

Federal Building

Los Angeles, California

Dear Sir:

I am, unexpectedly, making a trip to Stockholm and then to other countries, around the world, which will last until the middle of March 1955.

My records for the calendar year 1954 are not yet complete, and it has not been possible for me to prepare for my wife and me our income tax statement before our departure. Moreover, circumstances will be such as to make it impossible for us to prepare it during our absence from the United States.

I am accordingly planning to prepare the statement and to pay any tax that is due at some time before 15 April 1955.

In the meantime, I am making a payment of $2500.00 through the enclosed check. This is a rough estimate that I have made of the amount of tax that will be due. As stated above, I plan to pay any additional sum that may be necessary on or before 15 April 1955.

Very truly yours,

Linus Pauling:W

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