Record

Document Reference	Bu 48/7
Title	Copy letter from 2nd Earl Granville [G. Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 9 Nov 1870.
Date	9 November 1870
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that Baron Brunnow called today and informed him that he had two despatches to communicate to him, one is addressed to the British Government and the other a circular addressed to all the powers who signed the Treaty of Paris of 1856; the circular explains that the Emperor no longer feels bound by the Special Convention which limits Russia's naval powers in the Black Sea, but is ready either to adhere to the general principles of the Treaty or to revise them in concert with the other powers; the other despatch asserts that this decision does not imply a change in the Emperor's Eastern policy; he cannot comment without consulting his colleagues.
Term	treaties, Treaty of Paris 1856, Russian repudiation
	Turkish affairs, 'Eastern Question'
	navies, Russian

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
NA6099	Brunnow; Philipp I. von (1797-1875); Baron; Russian diplomat	1797-1875
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882