Επιστολή (No.14) του John Strange προς τον Earl of Rochford (Βενετία 16 Δεκέμβρη 1774) όπου αναφέρει:
My Lord,
Having mentioned to your Lordship in my letter No. 11 the intelligence lately communicated to the Senate, by the Venetian Ambassador at Vienna, in relation to the plan of operations of the Austrians in Moldavia, I think proper to acquaint your lordship that the same has since been confirmed to me by Mr. Murray His Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople, in a letter of the 3th Nov. last. The Senate has received the same information from their Baillo there, who farther observes that the manner in which the affairs relative to the … seemed to be conducted in the Ottoman cabinet gave great room to suspect a secret intelligence and negotiation between the Ottoman Porte and the court of Vienna, of which however nothing particular transpired.
Since the court of Vienna seems to have much at heart the acquisition of maritime places perhaps it may be their view to extend their possessions through Moldavia to the Black Sea. ….