AZG Armenian Daily #025, 10/02/2007

The Armenian Genocide

ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL WASHINGTON, THE 301-ST ARTICLE IMPEDES THE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE RESOLUTION ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

The 301-st Article Impedes the Campaign Against the Resolution on the
Armenian Genocide, said Councilor to USA President on National Security
Steven Hadley to the Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, reported
yesterday milliet. According to information received, an American anonymous
official told the Milliet reporter that the Article 301 of the Criminal Code
was one of eh main topics of Hadley-Gul meeting.

According to the same source, in response to Abdullah Gul’s request for
assistance against the Resolution on the Armenian Genocide Steven Hadley
said, "First of all you must aid yourselves. Although I consider the
Resolution useless, we cannot tell the Congress that Turkey has started
openly revising its history and normalizing its relations with Armenia, as
long as criminal cases are being roused against Turkish intellectuals who
are freely expressing their opinions on history."

It is remarkable, that alterations to Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal
Code were required also by certain Jewish organizations of the USA. The
Foreign Ministry of Turkey expressed a thought hat such demands made in
public can only hamper the process of revising the 301-st article. It is
alleged that Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has already taken some measures
for that.

By H. Chaqrian