Sold – U.S. Government Is Considering Investigation of Atrocities Against Christians in Turkey
"I had hoped...to be in a position to write you about this matter, which is having the most earnest consideration, but I can say nothing at present.”.
In the spring of 1915, the Turkish government ordered the deportation of the Armenian people from their traditional homeland on the Anatolian peninsula. Over the course of the next seven years, over 1,700,000 people were removed, at least a million of whom were killed or died in transportation.
Starting in 1920,...
In the spring of 1915, the Turkish government ordered the deportation of the Armenian people from their traditional homeland on the Anatolian peninsula. Over the course of the next seven years, over 1,700,000 people were removed, at least a million of whom were killed or died in transportation.
Starting in 1920, the Greeks and Turks were at war, with Greek troops invading Anatolia. The great world powers got involved, with Soviet Russia, Italy and France providing the Turks with significant military assistance, while Greece was seen as a British client. Greece maintained an advantage into early 1922, but by March the momentum had shifted to the Turks. That month, Britain proposed an armistice, but Attaturk declined any settlement while the Greeks remained in Anatolia. In May 1922, as stories were published stating that the Turks were deporting and massacring Greeks, Nestorians, other Christians and the remaining Armenians, the British publicly called for an investigation of these atrocities. Many Americans wanted the United States to participate in the international enquiry, while others wanted to avoid getting entangled in the affairs of the European powers. Advocates of an investigation began to put pressure on the State Department.
Typed Letter Signed as Secretary of State, Washington, May 26, 1922, to Lawrence F. Abbott, publisher of The Outlook Magazine, and marked “Personal.” “Pardon my delay in accepting your letter of the nineteenth instant relating to the request of the British Government that we should join in an investigation of the alleged atrocities in Anatolia. I had hoped, before this, to be in a position to write you about this matter, which is having the most earnest consideration, but I can say nothing at present.” Despite the sympathy the American people bore for the Greeks and other victims, and the pressure of church groups, in the end isolationism won out, as the U.S. government just could not agree to get involved in an official way.
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