[25 February 1988]
Telegram sent to Secretary General Mikhail S. Gorbachev by Alex Manoogian, Life President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union
February 25, 1988
His Excellency Mikhail S. Gorbachev
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R.
The Kremlin
Moscow, U.S.S.R.
We fully support your policies of glasnost and perestroika, which brought new hope of prosperity to the peoples of the U.S.S.R. and prospects of lasting peace to mankind.
Your concerns have been manifested in your sincere drive to redress past injustices. The issue of Nagorno-Karabagh is one those injustices. Nariman Narimanov’s historic statement of 1920, on behalf of Baku Soviet, remains unfulfilled. That statement, supported by the central government, declared the region of Nagorno-Karabagh as the integral part of the Armenian S.S.R.
We urge you to consider the overwhelming wishes of the Karabagh population expressed in their appeal to you.
The Armenian General Benevolent Union is a worldwide organization and our 22,000 members join me in my appeal.
Alex Manoogian
International President
[The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, March 3, 1988]
The Karabagh File, Documents and Facts, 1918-1988, First Edition, Cambridge Toronto 1988, by the ZORYAN INSTITUTE, edited by: Gerard J. LIBARIDIAN, pp. 114.
