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23 We represent severa races joined together i our small alliance to support the emergenc: of Knowledge and Wisdom in the universe, ... We represent several Wisdom in the universe, ... THE CHALLENGE TO HUMAN FREEDOM ment is the visitors’ building of establishments in the world in strategic locations, near population centers, where their influ- ence on the Mental Environment can be exercised. And lastly, we spoke of their program of interbreeding with humanity, a program which has been underway for quite some time. We understand how troubling this news may be and perhaps how disappointing it may be to many people who had high hopes and expecta- races joined together in tions that visitors from beyond would bring our small alliance to blessings and great benefit to humanity. It is nat- support the emergence ural perhaps to assume and to expect these things, of Knowledge and but the Greater Community into which humanity is emerging is a difficult and competitive environ- ment, particularly in areas in the universe where many different races compete with each other and interact for trade and commerce. Your world exists in such an area. This may seem incredible to you because it has always seemed that you lived in isolation, alone within the vast emptiness of space. But really you live in an inhabited part of the universe where trade and commerce have been established and where traditions, interactions and associations are all longstanding. And to your benefit, you live in a beautiful world—a world of great biological diversity, a splendid place in contrast to the starkness of so many other worlds. However, this also gives your situation great urgency and poses a genuine risk, for you possess what many others want for themselves. They do not seek to destroy you but to gain your allegiance and your alliance so that your existence in the world and your activities here can be for their benefit.