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3 March 2005 - 15:28 AMT

US LARGEST ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS URGED BUSH TO PROPERLY ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN HIS ANNUAL SPEECH APRIL 24

US largest Armenian organizations have addressed President Bush urging him to properly acknowledge the “Armenian Genocide” in his annual speech April 24, reported the Armenian assembly of America. The message specifically notes the fact that the US Ambassador to Armenia John
Evans has stated “the Armenian Genocide was the first one in the 20-th century.” “On the eve of the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide we urge you to follow Ronald Reagan and many other US
officials and to confirm the historical facts, which you have already correctly determined as the Armenian Genocide,” the message notes.