(There was a rumor circulating at Russett that the Terry Government might employ some of us on that kind of job, but it never got official. I do not know whether to believe this bit or not.)
It is stated the observers landed secretly and mingled with the natives unobserved.
(This is not physically impossible but sounds too like a Field Trip to be true.)
The observers are not named but stated to be graduates of the Cultural Engineering Class.
They put in a few months' work and sent home unanimous Crash Priority reports the situation is bad, getting worse and the prognosis is War.
Brother.
I know people had wars, I know one reason we do not have them now is just that with so many planets and cheap transportation, pressure has other outlets; these people scrapped their ships for factories and never built more.
But.
There are only about ten million of them and surely to goodness a whole planet gives room enough to keep out of each other's hair?
Well this is not Reasoning but a Reaction, I go back to the data for another look.