It was the "Open Door Policy" that was the name of the trading policy that Secretary of State John Hay initiated with China and the European nations that already had a presence there, since the US wanted to benefit from trade with China as well.
People give different versions of the same story as they want. The Turkish Army Officer Lieutenant Baas' account is important as His first-hand account contradicts the denial.
The Ottoman government in 1916 was known to have massacres a lot of people.
The Armenian genocide denial was a big case in the world. The claim made by the Ottoman Empire and the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) was that they had no hand in the genocide against the Armenian people during World War I.
This was a very big crime that has a lot of documentation on the numbers of evidences to prove their guilt but they still won't accept that they committed it.
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Considering that the Ottoman government denied any orders or mass killings, why is Turkish Army Officer Lieutenant Baas' account important?
A. His first-hand account supports the Ottoman government
B. His first-hand account contradicts this denial
C. He had recovered old documents that support the Ottoman government
D. He had recovered old documents that contradict this denial
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