⁷ See Wehler's introduction to Ibid., p. 7, n. 6.

⁸ “The fundamental idea of the plan proposed by Russia consists of maintaining intact during the present crisis the conservative alliance between the three courts just as it has existed for such a long time to the profit of the social order. But today it is a matter either of conserving the old system or, on the contrary, of entering new combinations of such a nature that it will be impossible to determine exactly what kind they will be and to prejudge the consequences.” Buol to Eszterházy, February 5, 1854, Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv (Vienna), Poliiisches Archiv X, Fasz. 38, Dispatch No. 3. See also Heindl, Waltraud, Graf Buol-Schauenstein in St. Petersburg und London 1848–1852. In Studien zur Geschichte der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, No. 9 (Vienna: Bohlau, 1970), p. 127.Google Scholar