s to energetic,
sustained, enthusiastic prosecution of the colossal tasks ahead.

Instructing the President of the International Baha'i Council, Mason
Remey, Member at Large, Ugo Giachery, and Secretary-General, Leroy Ioas,
to discharge these functions in the course of the New Delhi, Stockholm and
Kampala Conferences, respectively.

Delegating Amatu'l-Baha, accompanied by Vice-President of the
International Council, Amelia Collins, to fulfil three of the above
mentioned functions, as well as carry on my behalf, to unveil on the
occasion of the completion of the construction of the Mother Temple of the
West, to the privileged attendants at the Wilmette Conference a most
prized remembrance of the Author of the Faith, which never before left the
shores of the Holy Land, to be placed beneath the dome of the consecrated
edifice. Moreover assigning her the task to act as my deputy at the
historic ceremony marking the official Dedication of the holiest
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar of the Baha'i world reared to the everlasting glory
and honor of the Most Great Name in the heart of the North American
continent.

--Shoghi

[Cablegram, December 15, 1952]

TWOFOLD VICTORY IN HOLY LAND

On occasion of Naw-Ruz of Holy Year convey twin joyful tidings to National
Assemblies of the Baha'i world. Building operations of the final unit of
the Bab's Sepulcher commenced. Recall at this hour successive landmarks,
each coinciding with a Naw-Ruz Festival in the history of the sixty year
old enterprise founded by the Author of the Baha'i Revelation. First,
Naw-Ruz, 1909, witnessed the entombment within the Holy of Holies of the
Shrine constructed by 'Abdu'l-Baha of the dust of the Martyr-Prophet of
the Faith. Second, Naw-Ruz, 1949, coincided with the laying of the first
threshold stones of the arcade. Third, Naw-Ruz, 1951, synchronized with
the termination of the excavation within the Shrine foundations for the
eight piers designed to support the weight of the three story
superstructure. Fourth, Naw-Ruz, 1952, is associated with the completion
of the octagon setting second crown of the holy Edifice.

The celebrations of Naw-Ruz in this Holy Year are heightened by the
placing of the first stones encircling the base of the dome. Anticipating,
as the climax of the world-wide rejoicings of the Holy Year draw near, the
placing of the gilded tiles, the fourth and last unit of the majestic
Edifice. Fervently hoping that the greatest enterpri