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Robert Bacon is returning the letters from Ambassadors Whitelaw Reid and George von Lengerke Meyer, which he read with interest.
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1906-08-16
Brazil and Mexico have agreed to go on with the Rio Conference and are to hold the South Americans in insisting upon a delay of The Hague.
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1906-04-06
Senator Lodge sends to President Roosevelt two letters, one from George von Lengerke Meyer and the other regarding Mr. Dargan. Lodge asks that the Meyer letter be returned to him.
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1906-03-05
Acting Secretary of State Bacon forwards to William Loeb a letter from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer in St. Petersburg. The letter addresses remarks made by Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia.
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1906-02-06
Charles H. Boynton hopes that President Roosevelt did not misconstrue his opinion of Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer during their talk. Boynton thinks Meyer is doing exemplary work as ambassador to Russia.
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1905-11-24
Cecil Spring Rice details, in confidence, the events leading up to the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth, including his information that Sergei Vitte had been ordered to find a pretext to break off negotiations, and he did not. Spring Rice discusses Vitte’s reaction to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. He also discusses the careful balancing act that is Anglo-French-German relations, and how a Russian alliance with some of the parties could destabilize the whole.
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1905-10-05
Cecil Spring Rice discusses the Portsmouth Treaty, England and France reaching an agreement about Morocco, and Count Sergei Witte being offered the post of Prime Minister and the challenges he faces in attempting to govern Russia. Spring Rice also speculates about a Russo-German alliance, if Russian can get a loan, and the expansion of the Russian Empire into Finland.
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1905-10-10
Cecil Spring Rice explains the events leading up to the peace negotiations between Japan and Russia, and how Lamsdorf manipulated who was chosen to negotiate for Russia. Spring Rice discusses Europe’s subsequent reactions and the trouble of European alliances that appear to exclude some nations, with France, Germany, and England being the main axes, and Russia being the troublesome pivot-point.
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1905-09-26
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb a confidential dispatch for President Roosevelt from the American ambassador at St. Petersburg regarding an article that was printed in the Official Messenger relating to the peace negotiations.
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1905-09-23
Assistant Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to show President Roosevelt the enclosed dispatches from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer.
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1905-09-08
The peace conference has adjourned until Monday. Sergei Witte possesses instructions not to commit to any payments beyond those necessary for upkeep of prisoners of war.
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1905-08-26
Rudolph Forster forwards text from Ambassador Meyer’s telegram. Meyer states that after a long conversation, Czar Nicholas II still refuses to pay indemnities but will reconsider the yielding of Sakhalin territory.
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1905-08-24
George von Lengerke Meyer met with Czar Nicholas II, who refuses to pay any indemnities to Japan.
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1905-08-23
Rudolph Forster forwards a confidential message for President Roosevelt from Ambassador Meyer stating that Czar Nicholas II claims peace will be impossible between Russia and Japan, if Japan does not concede its demands.
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1905-08-18
Rudolph Forster received a message from Ambassador Meyer indicating that Russia would remove all discriminating duties.
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1905-08-19
Rudolph Forster received a telegram from Ambassador Meyer indicating that Czar Nicholas II thinks Japan’s settlement demands are meant to embarrass Russia and wonders if England encouraged those demands.
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1905-08-20
Sergei Witte recommends Russia make concessions to Japan, but Czar Nicholas II is unwilling. George von Lengerke Meyer will support Witte.
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1905-08-20
Acting Secretary of State Adee forwards a letter from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer about the political situation in Russia for President Roosevelt’s consideration.
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1905-08-05
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee sends copies of dispatches from Ambassador Meyer in St. Petersburg regarding the Peace Commission.
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1905-07-27
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee sends B. F. Barnes dispatches from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer regarding Russian affairs for President Roosevelt.
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1905-07-28