Record

Document Reference	Bu 48/73
Title	Copy letter from Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia, to 2nd Earl Granville [G. Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London; 25 Nov 1870.
Date	25 November 1870
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that the Prussian minister has received a message from Prince Gorchakov stating that if a conference is held, it's object will not simply be to register Russia's declaration, but to place the peace of the East on a more secure footing; Prince Gorchakov is happy for the conference to be held in London; this concession appears to have been made at the request of Prince Reus; feels that Prince Gorchakov really wanted it to be held in St Petersburg.
Term	treaties, Treaty of Paris 1856, Russian repudiation
Term	Turkish affairs, 'Eastern Question'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6975	Reuss; Eduard (1804-1891); Prince	1804-1891
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