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High-ranking shogunate officials [[Oguri Tadamasa]] and [[Mizoguchi Katsuyuki]] then arrived on 5/7. The pair met with Birilev who insisted upon meeting with Tsushima ''daimyô'' [[So Yoshiyori|Sô Yoshiyori]], so he could pressure Yoshiyori to grant permission for a base. Yoshiyori then met with the captain, and refused to grant such permission. Historian [[Robert Hellyer]] suggests Yoshiyori may have been trying to allow the situation to drag on, in order to pressure the shogunate to finally take over, allowing the Sô to escape having to deal with the domain's continued worsening financial situation, and continued Western incursions. Little progress had been made when Oguri and Mizoguchi departed on 5/20.

High-ranking shogunate officials [[Oguri Tadamasa]] and [[Mizoguchi Katsuyuki]] then arrived on 5/7. The pair met with Birilev who insisted upon meeting with Tsushima ''daimyô'' [[So Yoshiyori|Sô Yoshiyori]], so he could pressure Yoshiyori to grant permission for a base. Yoshiyori then met with the captain, and refused to grant such permission. Historian [[Robert Hellyer]] suggests Yoshiyori may have been trying to allow the situation to drag on, in order to pressure the shogunate to finally take over, allowing the Sô to escape having to deal with the domain's continued worsening financial situation, and continued Western incursions. Little progress had been made when Oguri and Mizoguchi departed on 5/20.

Seeking to push for an end to the situation, ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' [[Ando Nobumasa|Andô Nobumasa]], chief of foreign affairs for the shogunate, met with British consul [[Rutherford Alcock]] and British Royal Navy Rear Admiral [[Sir James Hope]], and asked for help. The HMS ''Ringdove'' and HMS ''Encounter'' arrived at Tsushima on 7/22; Hope met with Tsushima officials and with Birilev, and was initially unsuccessful in convincing Birilev to leave. However, the Russian ship ''Oprichnik'' arrived a few days later (on 7/26) with orders from both the Russian consul in [[Hakodate]], Iosif Antonovich Goshkevich, and from Russian naval command, that he depart the island. The ''Posadnik'' finally departed on 8/15, and the ''Abrek'', another Russian ship, arrived on 8/23 to ensure the ''Oprichnik'' would not simply take Birilev's place. The last of the Russian vessels finally departed on 8/25, putting an end to a six-month-long series of tensions.

Seeking to push for an end to the situation, ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' [[Ando Nobumasa|Andô Nobumasa]], chief of foreign affairs for the shogunate, met with British consul [[Rutherford Alcock]] and British Royal Navy Rear Admiral [[Sir James Hope]], and asked for help. The HMS ''Ringdove'' and [[HMS Encounter|HMS ''Encounter'']] arrived at Tsushima on 7/22; Hope met with Tsushima officials and with Birilev, and was initially unsuccessful in convincing Birilev to leave. However, the Russian ship ''Oprichnik'' arrived a few days later (on 7/26) with orders from both the Russian consul in [[Hakodate]], Iosif Antonovich Goshkevich, and from Russian naval command, that he depart the island. The ''Posadnik'' finally departed on 8/15, and the ''Abrek'', another Russian ship, arrived on 8/23 to ensure the ''Oprichnik'' would not simply take Birilev's place. The last of the Russian vessels finally departed on 8/25, putting an end to a six-month-long series of tensions.

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