From: Mark Lipsits <ml12@cornell.edu>
Subject: RE: Blame the Victim... (by Alex Chaihorsky)
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In article <1992Dec16.181724.4342@mail.cornell.edu> Mark Lipsits,
ml12@cornell.edu writes:
In article <1992Dec16.181724.4342@mail.cornell.edu> Mark Lipsits,
ml12@cornell.edu writes:
>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:15:41 -0500
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From: alex@corte-madera.sds.slb.com (Alex Chaihorsky) To:
arto@LELAND.STANFORD.EDU
Subject: Re: Truths about 1915 and all that Cc: ml12@cornell.edu

My God, Arto, how glad I am that you did answer in a balanced way !! 

Let me address some of your points:

1. No, not at all I am for status quo. I believe the following should
take place: 

	a. An international court in Haague should conduct an investigation 	 on
the whole conflict. Russian documents of the Tzarist times 	 that include
tax sheets with the names, buildings, etc. for each 
village in Karabakh should be presented. All Soviet times statistics 	
sheets should be taken into account.

	b. Armenian people have to (once and forever) declare whether they keep
Azeris 	 accountable for the deeds of Turkey. It should be done by the
referendum. 	 Armenian people as well as Azeris should be told by their
governments the 	 truth about anti-Armenian pogroms in Turkey,
anti-Moslem pogroms in Transcaucassia, 	 the documents are to be prepared
by UN and broadcasted without changes for prolonged 	 period of time.

	c. Untill that time all blokades should be lifted, but no arms movement
tolerated 	 within the region.

	d. The international bodies should start estimate the damage that was
done 	 to the properties of the Armenians that had to leave Azerbaijan,
as well as 	 Azeris that had to leave Armenia.

	c. Monuments to the victims of pogroms should be founded: to Armenian
victims in Baku, 	 to the Azeri victims in Erevan. (Not vice versa.) 

	e. A Armenian/Azeri Humane Brotherhood Society established (Bay Area is
a very good place 	 to start). The members of the Society will build the
foundation for the healing process 	 in th future.

	IF the Haague court will decide that Karabakh has legal right to seek
independance - 	so be it, the Republic of Azerbaijan must start
diplomatic talks with Karabakh on that 	matter. Otherwise the Republic of
Azerbaijan would be facing international boycott, as 	any country
rejecting the Haague decisions. 

	f. IF not - Karabakh must start the process of getting back into
Azerbaijan. If they will 	decide not to do that, at least law-biding
Armenian community outside Karabakh must 	stop supporting it in its
illegal claims (if they are illegal from the point of view of the 
international law.)

	In any case, all known criminals that partook in pogroms on both sides
have to be 	charged with corresponding crimes by the courts of the
Azerbaijan and Armenia. CRIMINALS 	MUST BE PUNISHED IN ANY CASE. This is
the law of CIVILIZATION. 	
	
WHAT I AM FOR IS A LEGAL AND CIVILIZED WAY TO DEAL WITH CONFLICTS. We are
not barbarians. We are all descendants of Abraham - let us not feed on
each other's flesh. 


May God be with you and your people.

	Alexander Chaihorsky.