This is an excerpt from a speech made by President Truman in 1951.The communists . . . are engaged in a monstrous conspiracy to stamp out freedom all over the world. . . .The only question is: When is the best time to meet the threat and how?

Truman calls communism a “monstrous conspiracy” and says it threatens freedom around the world. These forceful, alarming words warn Americans about the communist threat, so choice A is correct. The excerpt is not neutral or friendly in tone.

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