Letter
to the editor
Student denies Armenian genocide allegations
It
is very heartbreaking to see that Gov. Grey
Davis is participating in ceremonies and
issuing proclamations each year on the so-called
Armenian genocide. As a respectable public
officer, in signing the proclamations, Davis
is propitiating lies and hatred. Armenian
hate propaganda against the Turkish nation
and its citizens has caused the death of
three Turkish diplomats living in California
and hundreds of deaths around the world.
Many more are injured and permanently disabled
for the rest of their lives.
I
am not intending to give a history lesson
nor a list of thousands documents which
clearly prove that the so-called Armenian
genocide is nothing but a bogus allegation.
I will give only one official document,
which you can examin.
M.L. Bristol, Rear Admiral, US Navy, Unites
States High Commissioner said, “I see that
reports are being freely circulated in the
United States that the Turks massacred thousands
of Armenians in the Caucasus. Such reports
are repeated so many times it makes my blood
boil. The Near East reliefs have the reports
from Yarrow and our own American people,
which show that such Armenian reports are
absolutely false. The circulation of such
false reports in the United States, without
refutation, is an outrage.”” Source: US
Library of Congress: Bristol’s Papers, General
Correspondence, Container #34, and letter
dated 28 March 1921.
We respectfully ask Gov. Davis to please
stop this discriminatory, racist and unjust
practice in order to promote piece and unity
in California.
—
Karahan Mete
President of TUS-YOLO
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