Vienna Palace, the contents of the English-Prussian negotiations had already reached Franz's hands. It was not due to the effectiveness of the intelligence department but rather the British deliberately leaking the information.
Such high-level negotiations were known only to a few and they were all ministerial-level officials, simply not the kind that intelligence organizations could buy.
The prussian-Polish Federation turning toward the British was not surprising. After all, John Bull was a maritime nation and couldn't possibly become the master of the European Continent; there was no direct conflict between England and Prussia.
By contrast, Austria was different. The Vienna Government cried for the unification of the German Region every day. The core territories of the Prussian Federation were all in the German Region, and it would be strange if the Berlin Government was not concerned.
