The possible discussion of the bill on the Armenian Genocide in the town council of Edinburgh spurred Turkish diplomatic missions in the UK to drastic measures. Chairman of the town council, Labor Part member Donald Anderson sent a letter to the Turkish Embassy to inform that he has studied the documents proving the mass killings of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire and that he has no doubts that it was a genocide. Representatives of the Turkish Embassy left London for Edinburgh to prevent the adoption of the bill on the Armenian Genocide. Deputies of the conservative wing of the town council also impede the adoption of the bill.