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Just go over to patreon.greatdetectives.net. Well, now it's time for this week's episode of The Man Called X, the original 8th February 12th, 1952. And the title is Italy.

Listen to Herbert Marshall as The Man Called X. Wherever there is mystery, adventure, intrigue in all the strange and dangerous places of the world, there you will find The Man Called X.

The disaster was the worst to hit Italy since World War II. The raging waters of the river posed swollen by torrential rains overflowed their banks and brought death and destruction to thousands of Italian families.

And when the flood receded, it left in its wake hunger, disease, a desperate people. And the minds of desperate people provide fertile ground in which to plant the deadly seeds of revolutionary propaganda.

Listen to this Ken, Americans go home, fascist American pigs, capitalistic war-mongering Americans, read the recipe yourself of your stomach and stand it.

No, thanks Chief, I've heard enough. But how do you account for it? You'd think that after all we've tried to do for those people, money, flood engineers, food, relief shipments, that will you think we'd get something a little better than this in return?

I didn't know we were asking the Italian people for anything. No, of course we're not. We don't want thanks. We're only too glad to help. But compounded, we don't want any kicks in the teeth either.

Chief, that wave of un-American feeling is coming from the flooded areas. The people there are hungry, desperate. Surely are. Well, that's no excuse. We're sending them help. And how are they getting it? Why, of course they?

You mean the village of Chiori? Yeah. Our main relief distribution center. That's where most of the propaganda's coming from, isn't it?

According to these reports from Bob Cunningham, our relief administrator, it is yet. And Cunningham also reported that he's been having trouble there. A warehouse full of relief clothing burned to the ground.

Boats bringing American food up river, been hijacked, disappeared. So sabotage, that's my guess. But why? Doesn't that propaganda give us the answer?

Yeah, sure it does. Italy's been a prime target of the Kremlin for years. A disaster like that flood has made to order for them. They'll do anything to capitalize on it. What are we going to do about it, Ken?

Spoiler that you know, Chief. From Chiori.

So you wish to go to Chiori, isn't you? That's right. And you are Americano? Yeah, why?

Alberto, do not think it's wise for you to journey to Chiori, senior. No, not twice. Well, why not Alberto? You're not heard of the flood? Sure, I have. What's I going to do with it?

You can make a travel in these countries very dangerous. Very dangerous. You don't seem to mind it?

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