Record

Document Reference	Bu 48/88
Title	Copy letter from Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia, to 2nd Earl Granville [G. Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London; 5 Dec 1870.
Date	5 December 1870
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that Prince Gorchakov has admitted that Russia never did propose a revision of the Treaty of 1856, but Prince Gorchakov maintains that Britain refused to consent to conferences being held on other European issues, on the grounds that the Eastern Question might arise; Prince Gorchakov then admitted that these were two distinct issues.
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
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