Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/2
Title	Letter from 4th Earl of Clarendon [G. Villiers], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 5 Jan 1870.
Date	5 January 1870
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Comments on Russian policy in Central Asia and the control exercised over the Emir of Bukhara; states that Gorchakov was right to praise the actions of Elliot in Egypt and that Beust had taken all the credit for the settlement; discusses Catagazy and the importance of Russian influence in Washington; comments on the convention between Russia and Rumania.
Term	Central Asian affairs, 'Central Asian Question'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6786	Catagazy; - (fl 1866-1871); Monsieur	fl 1866-1871
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882