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84. G. Greenfield, letters of of 1 July and 5 August 1913 to
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85. B. Nubar, letter of 12 August to A. Symonds (a member
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86. Telegram of 14 August 1913, ibid.
87. B. Nubar, letter of 22 August 1913 to J. Lepsius, ibid.
88. B. Nubar, letter of 27 August 1913 to Baron Robert de
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91. B. Nubar, letters of 13 and 18 October 1913 to J. Lepsius,
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This letter touches on Nubar's 17 October discussions with the French minister Pichon. Frank G. Weber, Eagles on the Crescent: Germany, Austria and the Diplomacy of the Turkish Alliance, 1914-1918, Ithaca, New York, 1970, pp. 20-21, shows that German policy took a turn favorable to the Armenians and that the German ambassador's attitude toward them changed. Berlin, Weber maintains, considered seeking Armenian support for the economic devolpment schemes linked to the Baghdad Railway. In order to prevent this rapprochement, he adds, the Ottoman governement informed the British of its readiness to send inspectors to Armenia. The German Foreign Minister, Jagow, is even supposd to have issued orders to initiate negotiatations with Kurdish tribal chiefs and convince them to give up “their favorite sport, murdering Armenians and burning down their villages” (ibid., p. 24).
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