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    CFF BOARD MEMBER REPLIES TO HIRAIR HOVNANIAN'S OPEN LETTER

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    June 10, 2011 - 13:55 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Late May, Hirair Hovnanian, chairman of the Armenian
    Assembly of America (Assembly), addressed an open letter to Gerard L.
    Cafesjian, chairman of the Cafesjian Family Foundation (CFF) following
    the recent court ruling envisaging return of properties planned for
    Armenian Genocide Museum to CFF.

    Ross Vartian, board member of the CFF, wrote in response:

    "In the interest of moving forward with the project, the Cafesjian
    Family Foundation (CFF) will not respond point by point to your
    serial misstatements of fact. Anyone interested in an independent and
    objective judicial assessment of the truth of the past decade should
    review the 190-page initial verdict of January 26 and the 57-page
    final verdict of May 9 by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.

    With regard to your disparaging Phase I of the Yerevan Cafesjian
    Center for the Arts (CCA), you are presumably unaware that the
    Center has become a focal point of artistic and cultural life,
    a visitation destination for foreign dignitaries and a preferred
    location for official meetings and receptions. Hopefully you will be
    more supportive of CCA's Phase II plans to significantly expand space
    for collections of other patrons and more broadly for even greater
    opportunities for artistic and cultural expression, appreciation and
    education. The "Cascade" project will never be complete as it will
    always be evolving and growing, and the Cafesjian Family Foundation
    will continue support for CCA as one of its core missions.

    Your refusal to acknowledge Gerry's crucial role in securing the
    site of the future museum and memorial to the Armenian Genocide is
    inexplicable. You know that Gerry provided 100% of the financing
    and 50% of the funds to acquire the bank building, followed by 100%
    of the funds to acquire the adjacent properties. The record clearly
    shows that Gerry has never wavered in his support for the exclusive
    use of these properties for genocide museum and memorial purposes.

    Before, during and subsequent to the trial, CFF has repeatedly
    committed to joining in a pan-Armenian effort to fulfill the dream of
    the first ever museum and memorial in the Diaspora about the fact and
    ongoing consequences of the Armenian Genocide. CFF remains convinced
    that our community will respond generously as soon as it is given an
    opportunity to do so.

    Hirair, you can make an immediate and significant contribution to
    making this project a reality. Accept that a federal judge has soundly
    rejected the legal case you authorized and end your appeal. Whether
    or not you terminate your fruitless appeal, CFF will fulfill its
    obligation to the community by inviting all to participate. It is,
    after all, our community that will render the final verdict."

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