Part I: REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT
For four months now, various regions of Azerbaijan have been destroyed by gangs, and under the guise of the Bolsheviks, Armenian military units and others have committed unprecedented atrocities against the lives and property of the civilian Muslim population. At the same time, on the basis of false information sent by the organizers of these gangs, public opinion in European countries is turned in the opposite direction. The interests of the state and the affected groups of the population necessitate the creation of an organization that would deal with the following:
1. Accurate registration of all incidents of violence;
2. Determining the circumstances of the violence;
3. Identification of culprits and determination of the total amount of damage caused by them;
This organization should have the character of an Extraordinary Commission , as well as the results of the work of this commission should be announced and widely disseminated in the major European languages (Russian, French, German, and, of course, Turkish). It is necessary to start the organization of this commission without delay,since it can easily implement many things now on th hot trail, in the sense of questioning persons, taking photographs, and collection of other evidences, which later may become difficult, if not completely , impossible to do.
If the Government agrees with this proposal, I would ask that one of the Ministers be entrusted with the establishment of this Commission and that 50,000 rubles be temporarily allocated for the Commission’s expenses.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Hasan Hajinski ,Yelizavetpol. July 15, 1918.
