The United States Department of State summarized the populations of Armenians in a November 1922 document titled “Approximate number of Armenians in the world” (“NARA 867.4016/816” or “National Archives and Records Administration 867.4016/816”).
Classification canceled authority letter of 1-8-58 from W. H. Anderson, State Dep’t. By: [handwritten] , Date: [handwritten] 5 May 61
Original in English:
Approximate number of Armenians in the world, November 1922. Of the total indicated below, 817,673 are refugees from Turkey. The figures as to the refugees are bailed upon in-formation furnished by the British Embassy, Constantinople, and by the agents of the gear East Relief Society, in 1921. The total given does not include the able-bodied Armenians, who are retained by the Kemalists, nor the women and children,- approximately 95,000,- according to the League of Nations- who have been forced to embrace Islam.
Translation to Turkish:
Dünyadaki Ermenilerin yaklaşık sayısı, Kasım 1922. Toplam gösterge aşağıdadır: Türkiye’den gelen mülteciler 817 bin 878’dir. Mülteci rakamları İstanbul’daki İngiliz Elçiliği ve Yakındoğu Yardım Kuruluşu’ndan 1921 yılında alınmıştır. Rakamlara bedeni gücü olan Kemalistlerin elindeki, kadın ve çocuklar -Milletler Cemiyeti’ne göre- İslam’a geçmeye zorlanmış, yaklaşık 95.000 kişi vardır, dahil değildir.