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Government for the peace of the Ottoman
Empire is sufficiently apparent from
its actions in consenting that all returning
natives of Armenia naturalized in the
United States since 1869 may be exclu--
ded from the Ottoman Empire, when they
return, from America, where seditious societies
of Armenians exist.

But it is my duty to inform your
Highness that the United States will extend the United States will extend its
its protection equally to native citizens protection equally to native born American citizens
of the United States, and to all naturalized and to _^^all naturalized American citizens in Turkey
citizens, who have not forfeited that who have not forfeited by their conduct
protection, by their conduct or their long its protection
residence in a foreign country

Accept Your Highness this
renewed assurance of my
high consideration

AW Terrell