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involve oppression. The people fully understand the situation which has been fully explained to them by me orally and by proclamation, and our action throughout has shown them that the presence of the troops, so far from involving oppression, has relieved them from the terrorism exercised over them by their own leading man.
Such relief has not only inspired them with gratitude but also with confidence as is indicated by the inhabitants of the districts - men, women and children - in which we have lived and through which we have passed having returned to their ordinary avocations. For everything that has been purchased a fair price has been paid and every precaution has been taken to prevent the villagers being injuriously affected in any way.
J. Stewart Lockhart
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