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The letters are generaly related to setting meetings between Ronald Storrs and Arshak Chopanyan.

Օn Hovhannes Chopanyan who has recently arrived at Jerusalem and gave Mesrop Nshanyan's name as reference.

Torgom Gushakyan was the head of the Armenian diocese of Egypt, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. He thanks Chopanyan for congratulating him on being elected as the head of the Egypt diocese. He writes about supporting Cilicia, electing Yeghishe Duryan as a patriarch of Jerusalem, Duryan's trip to Jerusalem, Duryan's activities, certain people's prestige among the monks of the Jerusalem patriarchate, some monks' behavior, election of brotherhood members, political alarms in Egypt, transfer of donations, his literary activity, Catholicos Garegin, the negative attitude of the people towards the Dashnaks (political party).

Torgom Gushakyan asks Chopanyan to ask Poghos Nubar to mediate in arranging the disagreements between him and the Dashnaks. He writes about refusing a position in Etchmiadzin, Patriarch Duryan's death, his being elected as a Patriarch of Jerusalem, the environment in the patriarchate regarding this issue, Patriarch Duryan's biography, the hard financial state of the patriarchate, Galouste Gulbenkyan's resignation, the translation of the Holy Book, his published work, the election of the catholicos, the election of European Armenian MPs. In one of the letters Gushakyan thanks Chopanyan for congratulating him on being elected the Patriarch of Jerusalem.