fact-finding observer

fact-finding observer
   a neutral clandestinely assisting a belligerent
   F. D. Roosevelt knew the facts, despite the anti-British reports of his London ambassador, Joseph Kennedy, long before he sent his teams over to Britain prior to Pearl Harbor:
    At first the Atlantic campaign against the U-boats was the prime concern, but more and more US army, and army air-force, 'fact-finding observers' were to be seen in London. (Deighton, 1993/1)

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