1. Respect the Korean people. Threat them like our own fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters; neither take liberties with nor abuse women.
2. Observe Korea's traditions and customs. Take off shoes before entering Korean houses; speak politely; dig toilet holes frequently; do not urinate or defecate just anywhere; do not spit anywhere inside their rooms; keep clean and tidy both inside and outside Korean houses.
3. Ask for permission before moving into Korean houses. Leave enough space for the owner and his family; never use force or occupy the entire house; do not monopolize the kitchen area; take good care of the Koreans' household and possessions, and keep houses in good shape, whether the owners are home or not.
4. Take good care of borrowed furniture, wooden materials, and bedding hay. Return them before leaving the village; compensate at a reasonable price in case of damage; and apologize for any damage before leaving.
5. Pay Korean guides and laborers in accordance with our regulations. Treat them nicely; do not hit or swear at them or press people into service arbitrarily.
6. Respect the Korean people's property. Do not break a single blade of grass or a tree; do not take away a single needle or a piece of thread; never eat their food without permission or step on a single young plant in the rice fields.
7. Follow the regulations and write down the people's names before borrowing any grain and hay from them; Pat them in full with our grain and hay coupons; do not ransack boxes and chests or clear off everything in the house or "fish in troubled waters."
8. Pay a fair price for everything we buy. Do not force the people to sell anything; do not pay a low, unreasonable price or use credit or ask people to make donations or contributions; do not eat their cows or young pigs under seventy pounds.
9. Educate the Korean people. Persuade them to return to their homes; hold mass meetings propagating our victories and exposing the American and South Korean armies' crimes in order to enhance their awareness of the war situation and to encourage their cooperation with us; spare time to help them do their housework in order to unite the masses through our daily cherishing activities.
10. Share the Korean people's hardship and help them by all means. Introduce them to our antiaircraft methods; assist them actively in hiding their grain and other possessions; guard against careless cooking and heating to avoid setting their houses on fire; do not play with guns carelessly to avoid accidents.

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