ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DOCUMENTATION PRESENTED TO U.S. CONGRESSMEN WITH
SUPPORT OF CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS ON ARMENIAN ISSUES
WASHINGTON, December 16 (Noyan Tapan). In anticipation of the
commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and
the consideration of the Genocide Resolution by the incoming 109th
Congress, the Gomidas Institute has donated 500 copies of its latest
publication, United States Official Records on the Armenian Genocide
1915-17, to members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
This initiative was taken at the request of a generous benefactor,
and made possible through the support of the Congressional Caucus
on Armenian Issues, as well as the Armenian National Committee in
Washington D.C.
“With the publication of this volume, the Gomidas Institute has, once
again, provided a vital resource for all those working to overcome the
Turkish government’s shameful campaign to pressure the United States
into complicity in Turkey’s denial of the Armenian Genocide,” said ANCA
Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “The comprehensive and compelling
evidence assembled in this book establishes the U.S. response to
the Armenian Genocide as a critical milestone in American history –
one that Turkey should not be allowed to erase.”
United States Official Records on the Armenian Genocide 1915-17
was published by the Gomidas Institute and is the latest book in a
growing body of vital sources on the Armenian Genocide. The Institute
is at the cutting edge of such work, which is utilized by students,
scholars and journalists today.
This book will soon be joined by its sister publication, United States
Diplomacy on the Bosphorus: The Diaries of Ambassador Morgenthau
1913-1916. These two works are an invaluable record of the Armenian
Genocide in all its complexities, and they show how much the United
States government knew about the Armenian Genocide as early as the
summer of 1915.