Record

Document Reference	Bu 46/32
Title	Letter from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to 3rd Earl of Malmesbury [J.Harris], Foreign Office, London; 19 Mar 1859.
Date	19 March 1859
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Refers to the indemnity demanded by Spain for the victims of the San Vincente and Cuernavaca massacres; explains Calderón Collantes has been asked to make concessions regarding the indemnity in order to bring the disagreement between the two countries to a swift and amicable conclusion; reveals that although Calderón Collantes will not make any concessions, he will produce a memorandum 'sufficiently vague with regard to the indemnity, to enable both parties to interpret it in their own way'; reveals this will be the 'last word' of the Spanish Government on the matter and that further attempts to negotiate the indemnity will be unsuccessful.
Term	foreign affairs, Spain and Mexico 1858
	Spanish affairs, government
	Mexican affairs, government
	assassinations, San Vincente
	assassinations, Cuernavaca

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6098	Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	1807-1889