1920-01-28-DK-001

1920-01-28-DK-001

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Source: DK/RA-UM/Gruppeordnede sager 1909-1945. 139. N. 1, ”Armenien”.
Edition: Danish diplomatic sources
Departure of telegram: 01/28/1920 08:45 AM
Embassy/consular serial number: Nr. 31/Nr. 1799
Translated by: Matthias Bjørnlund
Last updated: 03/23/2012

The Foreign Minister in Copenhagen (Erik Scavenius) to the Diplomatic Minister in Paris (Herman Anker Bernhoft)

Code-telegram

Nr. 31 / Nr. 1799
[To Herman Anker Bernhoft,] Legation Danemark Paris.

28 January 1920

Code-telegram.

At the request of Armenophiles here [in Denmark], it is under consideration in parliamentary circles whether Parliament should, like the Swiss Assembly, induce the government to direct a resolution of sympathy to the Supreme Council [i.e., the representatives of the USA, France, Great Britain, and Italy at the Paris Peace Conference] Stop To this I have, for now, secretly answered that such a step must be advised against for two reasons, partly because of the consequences, partly because the character of the question had changed since the collapse of Turkey, since it would now probably not be a resolution of sympathy on behalf of an oppressed race, but meddling in a political question present at the Peace Conference Stop In order for me to be able to give more detailed grounds for my position you are requested to report on how the Armenian Question is positioned at the conference and especially if it is the intention that Armenia shall become an independent state.

Sc. [Erik Scavenius] No. 31.

Min. Aff. Etrang. [Foreign Minister]