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Postscript on Ottoman plans and European concerns
Constantinople reports a strong popular and military push for a new war next spring with grand vizierial interest in marrying a daughter to the sword bearer, while caution from the Porte signals potential designs against Russia. Russians halt advance fearing a lost retreat. Tartars ordered to monitor but not clash. Vienna notes the emperor plans to move to Prague with family next spring for two years, forums to be rebuilt. Paris reports Pope illness or death rumors and a confidential Rome dispatch with sensitive contents.
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