The White House. Washington. DC. DEAR MP_ PRESIDENT. This year marks the slet anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. ArmenlanAmericans throughout the United States and the world will be commemorating this event on April 24th. As you know. the Armenian people of the Ottoman Empire were subjected to a ruthless. systematic and wellorganized policy of deportation. confiscation of property. slave labor. denial of basic rights and. ultimately. murder. It Is estimated that a million and a half Armenians eventually perished. The world recognized at the time that a crime against humanity had been committed. The United States condemned the brutal treatment of the Armenians and rendered humanitarian assistance to many of the survivors in the largest relief effort ever organized by this country.
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