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Here Wirsén took the liberty to comment on the nature of the Ottoman Empire, revealing histhoughts about the internal structure of the Empire as well as the maltreatment of the subjects.In a report to the Swedish Defence Minister, dated October 10, 1919, Wirsén described thenew Kemalist movement, how it has helped the jailed Turkish military awaiting court martial toescape, their advancing towards Constantinople and how the new regime is highly influenced byformer members of the Union and Progress Party:Another proof of the Union Party’s influence is that one of the leading figures of the party,Doctor Nasim, regarded as one of the instigators of 1915 Armenian massacres, is said to be backin Anatolia and is again playing an [active] role there.It is characteristic that, at the same time, we have received quite firm rumours about newmassacres of Christians, especially in Eastern Anatolia and in the western parts of the formerRussian Caucasus, i.e. in Armenia. 254Thus, it was known that the massacres were still ongoing, in spite of the signing of the ceasefiretreaty, still ongoing, now under the leadership of the new Kemalist movement, the founders ofthe future Turkey.1919 marked the beginning of the turning point for the Armenian question. The ceasefire hadput an end to the large scale massacres and deportations and numerous Turkish leaders werearrested, charged with having committed war crimes. The massacres had not ceased completelyand Sweden watched the events closely and followed the development on the international levelregarding a possible compensation for the sufferings of the Armenian nation.The period of 1915-1919 (and to some extent also a portion of 1920), was a time ofobservation and condemnation of the actions committed against the Christian minority inOttoman Turkey in general and the Armenians in particular. But up till this moment, thecondemnations came from the enemy camp, unaffected by incentives which Turkey could offeras payment for looking in the other direction. As far as Sweden was concerned, the dispatchedreports contained a clear picture of the actual events taking place in Turkey, but the SwedishGovernment neither protested nor initiated any international actions. Its policy of strict neutralitydictated Sweden’s isolationism and passively following the unfolding of the world events.2.2 1920-1923: Time of Political Abandonment, Denial and Dissociation2.2.1 1920The discussion of the Armenian question reached its peak during 1920 and a solution seemed tobe at hand. The Sèvres Treaty, signed on August 10, 1920, established the creation of anindependent Armenia and assigned the arbitrary responsibility of designating the borders betweenthe new republic and Turkey to the US President, Woodrow Wilson. 255 But soon, it was prooved254 KA, Generalstaben, letter 20, October 10, 1919.255 World War I Document Archive, 2007.57