The lieutenant-colonel in charge of the operation of securing the former "Red-Shirt" area of Chiang Mai had ordered his men to remain calm and smiling, and <b>not</b> to project a show of force to either the local population nor to the tourists on whom Chiang Mai depends on for a large part of the city's income.<br>
It was therefore that only a few men were placed at the entrances to the area with the majority of the (relatively small) force of police, army, and the local Chiang Mai militia, out of sight.
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