Record

Document Reference	Bu 44/36
Title	Copy despatch from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 20 Sep 1859.
Date	20 September 1859
Extent	6 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him he had asked O'Donnell for details of Spanish demands for territory at Ceuta and that they had discussed the actions of the Moroccans agreeing that attacks were carried out by tribes rather than the Moroccan nation; O'Donnell had accepted the right of England to defend interests at Gibraltar and the possible alliance of Spain and England in any future European war; they had also discussed the possible occupation of Tangier by British troops; reports another conversation with Calderon Collantes on the same issues.
Term	Moroccan affairs, 'Moroccan Question'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6258	O'Donnell; Leopoldo (1809-1867); Duke of Tetuan; general and politician	1809-1867
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878