Cika wannan jumla: A farkon yakin,
Majalisa ta fahimci cewa cin nasara a kan Biritaniya na bukatar kawancen kasashen waje da kuma tattara bayanan sirri. An kafa Kwamitin Aiki na Asirin don "aɗaukar wasiƙu zuwa ga abokanmu a Biritaniya da kuma wasu ɓangarorin duniya". Daga 1775 zuwa 1776, ta raba bayanai da gina ƙawance ta hanyar wasiƙar sirri, da kuma yin amfani da jami'an asirin a Turai don tattara bayanan sirri, gudanar da ayyukan ɓoye, nazarin wallafe-wallafen ƙasashen waje da fara kamfen ɗin farfagandar Patriot. Paine ya yi aiki a matsayin sakatare, yayin da Silas Deane ya taimaka wajen tabbatar da taimakon Faransa a Paris.