State Department files and orders issued by the Ottoman government. as well as the observations and records of prominent American and European observers. leave little doubt that the Ottoman rulers launched a coordinated drive to round up and eliminate Armenian men. women. and children. In fact. in July 1915. Henry Morgenthau. our Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. stated the following in a telegram to the Secretary of State: Deportation of and excesses against peaceful Armenians is increasing and from harrowing reports of eye witnesses it appears that a campaign of race extermination is in progress under a pretext of reprisal against rebellion.
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