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May 11, 2005

The Willy-Nicky Letters

Telegrams, in their original English, between cousins Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Nikolai in the run-up to the First World War.

Thanks for your telegram conciliatory and friendly. Whereas official message presented today by your ambassador to my minister was conveyed in a very different tone. Beg you to explain this divergency!

... Your loving Nicky

Posted by michele at May 11, 2005 1:31 PM

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