Letter from Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury to George Joachim Goschen

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Lord Salisbury writes concerning the Dardanelles question and the Bosphorous. He further writes as to what he considers the position of England to be following the Berlin Congress protocols. He also writes that he believes "the Emperor William is taking a sour turn" and Britain is being thrown "into isolation". He finally writes that he assumes Goschen has seen the telegraph as to "Russian naval preparations in the Black Sea". Sent from: London. Enclosed with CS8/2696. Letter is marked "private".

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Arranged in accordance with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition, Ottawa 2000 and The Devonshire Collection Cataloguing Guidelines.

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