British-American contradictions

and the Republic of Armenia of 1918-1920

Summary

Analyzing the British-American negotiations in 1918-1919, the author has ear-marked political priorities of each country and contradictions among them. She has laid special emphasis on their Eastern policy, including territorial disputes, possible trusteeship over Armenia and future of the Armenian statehood. The scholar has distinguished the role of W.Wilson and D.Lloyd George at the Paris Peace Conference, as also an interdependence between the first world war debts, the new-fashioned League of Nations and the determination of the fate of Armenia. It is of particular importance, that until June of 1919 the initiative of the concrete solutions has been taken by the Prime Minister of the Great Britain. At the same time, the constant delay, in common with vague promises, originated from the leader of the American administration. Both politicians were backed by such decisions elaborating offices, as the Eastern committee of the imperial war cabinet and the U.S. President’s Inquiry. Among the elucidated subjects you’ll find also the Armenian National delegation memorandum, stated before the Council of Ten on February 26, 1919, and a conversation of Armenian leaders with the President W.Wilson on April 17, of the same year.