Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/4
Title	Letter from 4th Earl of Clarendon [G. Villiers], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 2 Feb 1870.
Date	2 February 1870
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that it was good policy to let Gorchakov know that the British Government was watching Russian policy towards Central Asia, especially regarding Khiva; states that in his opinion Montenegro was not in any real danger from Turkish aggression and that Ignatiev had worried Gorchakov without real cause; refers back to the recent Paris Conference which had been very favourable to Turkey.
Term	Central Asian affairs, 'Central Asian Question'
	Turkish affairs, 'Eastern Question'
	conferences, Paris 1869

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6704	Ignatieff; Nikolai P. (1832-1908); Count; general and diplomat	1832-1908
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882