The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) called on Armenian Americans to resist efforts by the Turkish Government to manipulate them and undermine recent progress toward U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide. June 6 an ANCA letter reported that Turkish diplomatic representations in the United States "are seeking to arrange meetings with Armenian American leadership organizations for senior Turkish government official Ecvet Tezcan representing Turkey's foreign policy and intelligence gathering agencies." "The real purpose of this effort is to deceive the U.S. society into believing that a "direct dialogue with Armenians" is currently in process," - the statement says. Such actions, ANCA considers, intend to derail "the most recent progress in the U.S. Congress toward recognition of the Armenian Genocide."