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Lewis Einstein was the first United States official to publicly speak against the genocide of Armenians and his diaries foreshadowed much of what Ambassador Morgenthau wrote in his memoirs a year later. Both works supported each other in giving us invaluable insights into how, and how well, American officials were informed of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Einstein published his account, as Sarafian's introduction shows, because he disagreed with United States policy on the Armenian issue. EInstein wanted the United States to break diplomatic ties with Ottoman Turkey and threaten war to stop the carnage.

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"""I tried to draw attention to the horror of the Armenian massacre where nearly a million people were murdered, and it was owing to our supineness that I left Constantinople. The missionaries were in favor of the line taken by the Embassy because they knew that if we broke off relations all missionary property would be seized at once while I was of the opinion that it was our duty to make these known to the world. Austria was too weak to be effective but Germany bears a terrible responsibility, for these crimes were like Hitler's anti-Jewish measures though on a larger scale..."" -Lewis Einstein to Lawrence E. Gelfand, Paris, 27 March, 1965."

I tried to draw attention to the horror of the Armenian massacre where nearly a million people were murdered, and it was owing to our supineness that I left Constantinople. The missionaries were in favor of the line taken by the Embassy because they knew that if we broke off relations all missionary property would be seized at once while I was of the opinion that it was our duty to make these known to the world. Austria was too weak to be effective but Germany bears a terrible responsibility, for these crimes were like Hitler's anti-Jewish measures though on a larger scale... -Lewis Einstein to Lawrence E. Gelfand, Paris, 27 March, 1965.

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