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100,000, but found various excuses not to leave + to continue planting rice fields
- because the 5 farmers didn't own the land, difficult to refuse permission for others to move in, farm + build gubaks, esp since these others usually their own relatives or from same Kampong
p91- in 1965 were 15 families; then, because of G305 grew rapidly to 40
land became property of ABRI
- in 1965 Kali Progol sill clean enough to bathe in
- oldtimers say close community spirit from beginning
- in addition to taking jobs as [?] guards etc., people still farming at this time, mainly veg. crops
- local authorities claim residents of K.S. stole other people's land "by force" + regret owners didn't kick them out when number still few
- Lurah says he has no funds to do anything about K.S. + he takes position they are not Jak. residents only service he provides them is death + burial certificates
- ep - lurah even more antagonistic says K.S. people always try to politicize the salvation, prove to high officials 

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that they are most unfortunate people in the world, but in reality they are just profiting by the situation
asst. lurah regrets they not given leagl status of residency cards so Kalusahan could take some action + exercise some control
he also resents facts that older residents can "sell" gubukes + get gante rugi for use of tanah garapan from newer residents, when in fact they themselves have no legal rts
- are 2 Kalkahan security officials (petagas keamanan & ketestiban) who extort money from K. S. residents & terrorize over them
demand "keamanan"(security) money from each person who builds a new gubak & will destroy the gubuk if they don't get it, tho will sometimes settle for cigarettes in fact, residents have to provide them w cigarettes every time they show their faces
this continued till 79 when residents obtained protection from a local leader of M.K.G.R.(?)
-high densities began in 73 and land for cultivation of veg. began to grow scarse