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The English were involved in India for the tea trade. The French, being French wished to disrupt it. Thus spies kept eyes on what the French were up to. It ended up with the regional system of government collapsing and the British taking over as part of the Empire, - to protect the tea trade. Then, naturally, you need spies to keep tabs on what naughties the locals were up to...

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