They then attempted to persuade Talleyrand and Labrador of the necessity of working through restricted committees, to which all interested parties could address their cases, and whose decisions would be ratified at the end by the first full meeting of the congress. Talleyrand held to his view that if they wanted to endow their decisions with the approval of Europe, this should be sought at the outset rather than at the end. Castlereagh and Metternich argued that to throw the conference open to all would lead to endless complications and end in chaos.
