Record

Document Reference	Bu 48/107
Title	Copy letter from Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia, to 2nd Earl Granville [G.Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London; 28 Dec 1870.
Date	28 December 1870
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that rumours are rife of Russian re-armament, but neither Colonel Blane nor the Austrian Military Agent see any cause for concern; compares the present situation to that of 1868, when the Greek Question took a serious turn; the Russian Government must be painfully aware of the relative inadequacy of its armaments; he does not believe that the Russian Government is about to resort to hostilities.
Term	treaties, Treaty of Paris 1856, Russian repudiation
	Greek affairs, Greek Question
	armies, Russian
	armies, Austrian

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6747	Blane; Robert (-1871); Colonel; military attaché in St Petersburg	-1871
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891