EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE SITTINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE SITTINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

25 March 1919

Heard

3. The report by the Minister of Interior

b) on setting up the fact-finding commission for investigation unlawful acts committed by the Georgian military unites against Armenian dwellers of Sukhumi Okrug.

Decided:

To entrust the Abkhaz People’s Council with the task of setting up the fact-finding commission, which, together with the government representatives shall investigate the acts committed by the Georgian military units in Sukhumi Okrug and ascertain the amount of damage.

And now, to assign 50 000 roubles from the Military Fund at disposal of the Ministry of Interior as an advanced payment to help the victims of the unlawful acts.

This decision shall be implemented before the Gazette is approved.

The Chairman of the Government Evg. Gegechkori

Head of Government Administration K. Japaridze

Authentic with the original: clerk (signed)

29 March 1919

(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia, p. 1938, desc. 1, file 189, p. 20; ibidem, p. 1891, desc. 1, file 211, p.101; ibidem, f. 1861, desc. 1, file 9, p. 122)