:47:20
- Now I need permission to put
50 soldiers with supplies
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in your mission compound.
:47:27
- Why?
:47:29
- Well, to protect you,
of course.
:47:35
- We're underthe protection
of the United States of America.
:47:39
- The United States of America.
:47:49
They're so far away.
:47:53
- It won't be safe to send
so many Turkish soldiers
:47:58
into the heart
of the Armenian quarter.
:48:02
It's bound to cause trouble.
:48:07
What danger are you trying
to protect us from?
:48:19
- Lf you have a problem
with taking my soldiers,
:48:25
you must sign this statement
:48:27
that you refuse the protection
of the Turkish government.
:48:37
[Raffi]: Lf Ussher
signed the document,
:48:38
it would be like giving
the Turks permission
:48:41
to slaughter the Americans
in the compound.
:48:44
The same way
:48:46
that they were massacring
the Armenians outside.
:48:48
- You've lost me.
:48:50
- Well, it was the same document
that he'd presented to the boy.
:48:53
If the United States government
ever made an inquiry
:48:55
into the incident,
that statement,
:48:57
the document the Turks
wanted Ussherto sign,
:48:59
would affirm that the Americans
were offered protection