Note 491 — Chapter X
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Bülow to William II, July 15, 1904, ibid., 202, No. 6043. Richthofen opposed the project (memo. by Richthofen, undated although probably written early in July, 1904, ibid., 194 ff., No. 6042. This intention did not prevent Bülow from negotiating a commercial treaty with Russia in July, 1904, which Witte, Russian minister, declared exacted a tribute from Russia “much greater than any war indemnity on record” (Bülow to William II, July 15, 1904, ibid., 196 ff., No. 6043; Dillon, pp. 323 ff.; Witte, Memoirs, pp. 413 f.).