The State - News from Jan. 19, 1987
Legislation to commemorate the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians by the Turkish government between 1915 and 1923 will be introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Richard Lehman (D-Calif.). Lehman said he would present the bill, calling for April 25 to be set aside to commemorate the genocide, to a House committee in the next two weeks. Similar bills have failed in the past because of fears they would damage U.S.-Turkish relations, according to Vahe Yacoubian, executive director of the Armenian National Committee.
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