Sir,

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Immediately on your arrival at Berlin, you will see Mr. Swart, who will communicate to you what nay have stated in the conferences which he has been directed to hold with the King of Prussia. …

If you on the other hand receive a position and unqualified refusal to enter into any discussion of modifications, short of the absolute cession of Oczakow and its district, as originally demanded by Russia, …. you will declare your mission to be terminated and quit Petersburgh….

The three principal cases of modification, short of the hall of our proposal (London and Berlin Courts), which may probably come in question are as follow-

1. That the whole district in question, including the Eastern Bank of the Dniester, should be made neutral ground to serve as a barrier of uninhabited country, between the frontiers of the two powers.
2. That the whole district, as above described, should be ceded to Russia, but with the restriction of her demolishing Ouzakow, and establishing no towns or fortresses within this district, and its remaining uninhabited.
3. That the session should be confined to some other boundary, short of the Dniester, so that the Empress should acquire the district so ceded, with the restriction only of demolishing the fort of Ouzakow, and of not building other fortresses within the district, or even without any restriction on that subject.