if joseph stalen is.up on under mining free and democratic countries, how are we going to know that unless we have people in countries around the world? we will send out folks who are going out to gather intelligence. i'm not talking about james bond. we are going to be sending out individuals working for the government, eyes and ears. what's going on in this country? are they susceptible to influence? of course it if we think that the soviet union will overthrow free and democratic countries, those guys may not have an opportunity to undermine a weak and vacillating communist state as well. we may not just gather intelligence, but park rebel yon on our own behalf if we see stalin asleep at the wheel. in 1947, we signed the rio pact. it sounds like a song, but it's a military alliance between most of the countries of central and south america and the united states. it's a defensive alliance. an attack upon one is an attack upon all. big brother, the united states will come to their aid in rescue. we have always been the protectors from the days back in the monroe doctrine, the 1800s. now w