He also sought to stem leftist sympathies amongst his troops. This behaviour cost him the sympathies of many of his countrymen. At the same time, there was suspicion that the consuls harbored royalist sympathies. Royalist troops raided the town to threaten those with parliamentary sympathies. Hitler's role involved informing on soldiers suspected of communist sympathies. They attracted numerous Christian Arabs to the ROC who had Communist sympathies. Tocqueville made clear both his libertarian sympathies and his affinity for his Irish co-religionists. It had also drawn the sympathies of many unbelievers and indifferent people. Hughes introduced him to the black literary establishment with Communist sympathies. Israeli Foreign Ministry offered "profound sympathies" for the affected. This greatly increased US influence in the country where Nazi sympathies were common. Some indigenous personnel were interned in Australia under suspicion of sympathies with the Japanese. Accusations by conservatives of communist sympathies in "Economics" continued into the 1980s. Widespread burning of villages suspected of Communist sympathies was also common in the early years. The colonial authorities were clearly disturbed by the growing influence of Bolshevik sympathies in India.