Talleyrand suggested that Britain, Austria, Prussia and France issue an ultimatum to Russia on the matter, and on 14 October Castlereagh drew up a memorandum proposing that they lay three options before Alexander: the revival of Poland under an independent monarch, with all three powers returning Polish territory they had taken since 1772; the revival of a similar kingdom within its reduced boundaries of 1791; or a partition of Poland between the three powers, with Russia’s western frontier running along the Vistula. If Russia were to accept one of these three options, the congress could be
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