949. Referring to telegram from Johnson, San Remo, no. 10, April 27. The request of the Supreme Council has been considered by the President, and he desires that the Powers represented at San Remo be informed through the proper channels of his willingness to undertake to act as arbitrator for the Armenian boundaries. He gladly accepts this opportunity to contribute to the welfare of the Armenian people, and you are requested to convey his acceptance to the Powers concerned.
The letter distinguishes recognition of a government from determination of frontiers. Both sentences are necessary to understand its stated scope; this archive does not infer a present-day boundary decision from it.
Sir: Referring to communications heretofore received from you on the subject of the proposed recognition of your Government by the Government of the United States, I am pleased to inform you, and through you, your Government, that, by direction of the President, the Government of the United States recognizes, as of this date, the de facto Government of the Armenian Republic.
This action is taken, however, with the understanding that this recognition in no way predetermines the territorial frontiers, which, it is understood, are matters for later delimitation.
