You are greatly mistaken. We have this country absolutely under our control. I have no desire to shift the blame onto our underlings and I am entirely willing to accept the responsibility myself for everything that has taken place.

If the Russians retreat, they are done.

How can we furnish bread to the Armenians when we can't get enough for our own people? I know that they are suffering and that it is quite likely that they can…

The threat could be eliminated by removing the Armenians from the places where they lived and sending them to other places.