The official recognition of the Vlachs as a separate nation/millet strengthened the Vlachs while causing the Greek and Rûm Orthodox Church to add new elements to their policies of assimilation of the Vlachs. These policies are: The propaganda focused on the Vlachs and the injustices of those who opposed it, was to distribute money to persuade the Vlachs, to bribe the Ottoman officials to make them work comfortably, and to neutralize the opposing Vlachs through violence by means of Greek gangs. V ...