| Content Description | Informs him that Forsyth had returned from St Petersburg and that they had discussed his visit; encloses for his 'private' information copies of letters and diaries [not present] written by a friend at Kabul; comments on the information they contain, which is based on a visit to Samarkand, regarding Bukhara and the actions of the Bukharan army in the region of the river Oxus; states that the information given from the Russian point of view was reliable; discusses what the diaries say about Khiva and the establishment by Russia of 'friendly relations' with the natives at Krasnovodsk; discusses trade tariffs and British diplomacy in the region, stating that if recent negotiations had resulted in the Bukharan withdrawal, it would be a success. |