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President Harding to the Secretary of State
My Dear Mr. Secretary: I was deeply interested in yours of January 12th,62 in which you report the efforts of our Mission at Lausanne to do something in behalf of an Armenian national home, and the utterly discouraging reports that there are no prospects of the Turkish delegation agreeing to any such arrangement. It is going to be a very keen disappointment to religious America that the Armenian Christians are to be dealt with in this manner, but I frankly do not see how we can do more than strongly appeal in their behalf. The most ardent supporters of the Armenians in America would hesitate to sanction armed warfare in order to establish a separate territory for the Armenians.
Very truly yours,
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