If i'm correct They wanted to keep the Soviet from expanding
Couldn’t find a direct answer, but D seems the most logical to me.
Hope this helps.
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Yes. People usually hire others to influence government officials. For example,we are told that in 2016 Taiwanese officials hired an American senator to set up a phone call with Donald Trump and the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen.