Record

Document Reference	Bu 48/138
Title	Copy letter from Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia, to 2nd Earl Granville [G.Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London; 12 Dec 1870
Date	12 December 1870
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that Prince Gorchakov is happy that relations between Britain and Russia are improving; Prince Gorchakov is satisfied with the way that the British Government is dealing with the matter; he told the Prince that an amicable solution depended greatly on freedom of action being given to Baron Brunnow; Baron Brunnow will present the views of Russia at the conference without making reference to the declaration contained in the recent Russian circular; Prince Gorchakov maintained that the Emperor has the right to exercise sovereignty in his own dominions; he suggested that they had better avoid discussing that subject.
Term	treaties, Treaty of Paris 1856, Russian repudiation

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6099	Brunnow; Philipp I. von (1797-1875); Baron; Russian diplomat	1797-1875
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