The ambassador asked the U.S. Government to intervene , but the United States was not a participant in the World War I at the time and could only have made written or verbal protests to the Ottoman authorities . This was not done and Morgenthau was left without leverage beyond his personal rapport with those in power ; when that failed too , he then drew international media attention to the ongoing Armenian Genocide , organized private relief efforts and helped create the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief ( ACASR )
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
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