The Canadian team had been brought over by a trade delegation.
It seems unlikely, however, that any members of the trade delegation were spies.
The trade delegation will need instructions of some sort about this.
"Well, then we have a trade delegation to show them the consequences of uncivilized behavior."
The trade delegation we have in Beijing is probably going to catch some heat.
The trade delegation would not return for at least five weeks.
The trade delegations were just too good a cover to pass up.
The rest of the trade delegation was behind him.
You're pulled out of the Institute and thrown to head a trade delegation at the last minute.
He was to form part of a trade delegation.