Record

Document Reference	Bu 48/98
Title	Copy letter from 2nd Earl Granville [G.Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Baltic Provinces, Russia; 4 Jan 1871.
Date	4 January 1871
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that he has informed Baron Brunnow that the other participants in the conference are unhappy with the wording of the protocol; if submitted to the conference, an amendment will be moved on it; he has a telegram from Mr Odo Russell saying that Count Bismarck thinks that Baron Brunnow should sign a Protocol stating that no power can in future denounce a treaty without consent of the other concerned parties; Baron Brunnow objects to this on the grounds that it condemns Prince Gorchakov's circular; eventually he agreed to the proposed course; he has been informed by Count Bernstoff that Baron Brunnow strongly objected to the Protocol; he received a letter from Odo Russell stating what he had already said in his earlier telegram; Baron Brunnow has agreed to refer to the Emperor the draft of a Protocol. Prince Gorchakov prefers the original Protocol; Count Bernstoff has received instruction to sign the latest proposed Protocol; Mr Odo Russell sent him a telegram stating that Count Bismarck has instructed Count Bernstoff to agree with any text or wording calculated to gain the consent of all parties.
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
NA6099	Brunnow; Philipp I. von (1797-1875); Baron; Russian diplomat	1797-1875
NA6903	Russell; Odo W.L. (1829-1884); 1st Baron Ampthill; diplomat and statesman; styled Lord Odo Russell 1872-81	1829-1884
NA6199	Bernstorff; Albrecht (1809-1873); Count	1809-1873
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
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