Memo from Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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SCC writes concerning British policy in the Mediterranean. He writes that he doubts public opinion would allow interference by force to maintain the Turkish Empire however supposes that government would intervene if British interests were threatened by its disappearance. He further writes concerning the Defence Committee and the need for Great Britain to maintain the status quo as regards to the navigability of the Bosphorous and Dardanelles. Sent from: [unknown].

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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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