Record

Document Reference	Bu 48/30
Title	Copy letter from Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, to 2nd Earl Granville [G. Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London; 15 Nov 1870.
Date	15 November 1870
Level	Piece
Content Description	States that tomorrow he will go to Tsarskoé Sélo [Tsrarskoye Selo] to deliver to Prince Gorchakov the British Government's reply to the Russian despatch, which is today published in the "Official Messenger"; it is believed that the King of Prussia supported Russia in this declaration, although Count Bismarck was opposed to it; it is generally believed that Prince Gorchakov has acted unwisely.
Term	treaties, Treaty of Paris 1856, Russian repudiation

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6231	Wilhelm I (1797-1888); German Emperor; ( King of Prussia from 1861 German Emperor from 1871)	1797-1888
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
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