| Document Reference | Bu 3/38 |
| Title | Letter from 4th Earl of Clarendon [G. Villiers], Foreign Office, London, to A. Buchanan; 9 Feb 1854. |
| Date | 9 February 1854 |
| Extent | 8 ff |
| Level | Piece |
| Content Description | Informs him of the importance to Britain that the Russians were kept out of the Danish Sound; had sent a despatch to Copenhagen explaining this and asks him to try and secure compliance; also attaches great importance to information contained in 'the London paper' which he had sent to Bloomfield in Berlin; understands that Prince Christian was impressed by the Emperor of Russia but states that it was his belief that Tsar Nicholas wished to plunge Europe into war; comments on the desirability of employing Danish naval officers and seamen for the Baltic fleet; asks him to see if this would be possible without violating the Danish policy of neutrality; informs him he had asked Grey to do the same in Sweden; notes that coal supplies would be crucial to the success of the Baltic Campaign.
Enclosure; list of questions about the Baltic region. |
| Term | navies, British |
| military campaigns, Baltic 1854-5 |
| military campaigns, Crimean War 1853-6 |
| military campaigns, neutrality |
| military campaigns, supplies |
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