<P> Talleyrand's policy, directed as much by national as personal ambitions, demanded the close but by no means amicable relationship he had with Labrador, whom Talleyrand regarded with disdain . Labrador later remarked of Talleyrand: "that cripple, unfortunately, is going to Vienna ." Talleyrand skirted additional articles suggested by Labrador: he had no intention of handing over the 12,000 afrancesados--Spanish fugitives, sympathetic to France, who had sworn fealty to Joseph Bonaparte, nor the bulk of the documents, paintings, pieces of fine art, and books that had been looted from the archives, palaces, churches and cathedrals of Spain . </P> <P> The most dangerous topic at the Congress was the so - called Polish - Saxon Crisis . Russia wanted most of Poland, and Prussia wanted all of Saxony, whose king had allied with Napoleon . The tsar would become king of Poland . Austria was fearful this would make Russia much too powerful, a view which was supported by Britain . The result was deadlock, for which Talleyrand proposed a solution: Admit France to the inner circle, and France would support Austria and Britain . The three nations signed a secret treaty on 3 January 1815, agreeing to go to war against Russia and Prussia, if necessary, to prevent the Russo - Prussian plan from coming to fruition . </P> <P> When the tsar heard of the secret treaty he agreed to a compromise that satisfied all parties on 24 October 1815 . Russia received most of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw as a "Kingdom of Poland"--called Congress Poland, with the tsar as king ruling it independently of Russia . Russia, however, did not receive the province of Posen (Poznań), which was given to Prussia as the Grand Duchy of Posen, nor Kraków, which became a free city . Furthermore, the tsar was unable to unite the new domain with the parts of Poland that had been incorporated into Russia in the 1790s . Prussia received 60 percent of Saxony - later known as the Province of Saxony, with the remainder returned to King Frederick Augustus I as his Kingdom of Saxony . </P> <P> The Final Act, embodying all the separate treaties, was signed on 9 June 1815 (a few days before the Battle of Waterloo). Its provisions included: </P>

Which identifies the effects of the congress of vienna