Government to intervene. without success. Morgenthau addressed the genocide of the Armenians in a 1915 dispatch to the State Department in which he warned that "a campaign of race extermination is in progress." He then appealed to Ottoman rulers. also without result. and finally. he published his opinions in his 1918 book of memoirs. "Ambassador Morgenthaus Story." which documented his experiences while in Turkey. including his vivid views of the Armenian genocide. Morgenthau wrote. "When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations. they were merely giving the death warrant to the whole race. they understood this well. and. in their conversations with me. they made no particular attempt to conceal the fact. I am confident that the whole history of the human race contains no terrible episode as this." In one of his addresses. Morgenthau commented on the U.S. efforts during the Armenian genocide. "If America is to condone these offenses. if she is going to permit to continue conditions that threaten and permit their repetition. she is party to the crime.
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