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20.
NOTES ON THE SAFEGUARDING AND CONSERVING CULTURAL MATERIAL IN THE FIELD        

(ii) For various types of work, you have experts available in the services.  It is for you to get their collaboration and tell them what you want done.
(iii) Speed may sometimes be of the first importance; but don't let haste breed carelessness.  It is easy to do more harm, by careless handling, to objects by nature fragile, or made so through damage, than by doing nothing.
(iv) The protection of objects in reasonably good condition should be unddrtaken before those badly damaged are collected or salvaged.  An exception to the rule is that of a badly damaged building which threatens to fall on undamaged objects it contains. Prevention of its collapse may be the best way to save the objects.
4. The occupying authorities will be regarded, rightly or wrongly, as responsible for all damage done during the occupation; and there will be plenty of people ready to accuse the occupying forces of having done damage which took place before they arrived or was done by local inhabitants.  It is essential therefore to keep records [[footnote:]](1)
(i) Of the state of monuments and material when
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[[footnotes]](1) Further details on this important matter are given in Section B4 below.