Record

Document Reference	Bu 35/10
Title	Copy letter from A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia, to 3rd Viscount Palmerston [H. Temple]; 14 Feb 1849.
Date	14 February 1849
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Requests advice on whether Colonel Sheil should visit St Petersburg to discuss Persia with Count Nesselrode; relays information gleaned during meeting with Mr [Dashov] of the Russian Foreign Office on the number of troops stationed in principalities, including Transylvanian frontier and Moldavia; concludes that Russian government has been issuing false statements on the subject to other countries.
Term	propaganda, Russian
	armies, Russian
	politics, Russian

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6170	Dashov; Dmitry N. (1799-1859); -	1799-1859
NA7370	Sheil; Justin (1803-1871); Sir	1803-1871
NA6058	Nesselrode; Karl R. (1780-1862); Count; Russian Foreign Minister	1780-1862
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865