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March 15, 1988
Editor's Note
The Karabagh File is a compilation of documents and data relavant to the dispute surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. It was published as a single volume by the Zoryan Institute."[EXCERPT] The status of Mountainous Karabagh and the needs of its inhabitants became a major subject of discussion again among Armenians without and without the U.S.S.R. in the fall of 1987. Fueled by new anti-Armenian incidents in the region and by a perceived sense of willingness by the Soviet leadership to review the situation, Karabagh Armenians organized a massive petition drive to the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., followed by a formal request to be attached to Soviet Armenia, voted upon by the government of the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Karabagh."