BELOVED FRIENDS.

SHOGHI

Letter of 25 February 1951

25 February 1951

Dear Baha'i Brother,

Your letters of June 19th, June 22nd, July 18th, July 21st, July 26th,
August 17th, August 29th, August 30th, September 6th, September 8th,
September 27th (2 letters), October 3rd (2 letters), October 5th, October
17th, October 26th, October 30th (2 letters), October 31st, November 13th,
November 24th (2 letters), December 10th, December 22nd, 1950, and January
2nd, January 25th and February 2nd, 20th, 1951, together with enclosures
as well as photographs, have been received, and our beloved Guardian has
instructed me to answer you on his behalf. (A postscript dated March 18th
adds: "Your letters (two) dated March 8th have also been received with
enclosures.")

He regrets that, due to pressure of work, he is not able to write more
frequently, but feels that the cable communications between himself and
your assembly attend to the essential work in between letters....

Regarding your question about the communication with the King, as
mentioned in Minutes 292 and 344, he feels that both contemplated
approaches should be dropped for the present. By undertaking such action
we call attention to ourselves in a very conspicuous manner, and
investigation of who the senders are of such petitions would only expose
the weakness of our numbers and detract from the prestige which the Cause
is slowly beginning to acquire in the eyes of the world.

He thanks you very much for the map, showing the British Baha'i community
at the end of the Six Year Plan. He has placed it on a wall of the Mansion
of Bahji, where visitors and believers can enjoy it. It certainly marks
the scene of one of the most historic victories of the Faith.

In regard to the question of the African campaign, the Guardian is
immensely pleased with the way your assembly and the special committee you
have appointed, have seized this project and are vigorously prosecuting
it. He admires the evidences of careful planning and staunch determination
which all the data regarding this important campaign, which you have
forwarded to him, bear witness to.

He was very happy to receive the Chinyanza pamphlets which you sent to
him, and also likes very much the "Africa News" which the committee is
getting out and which is so alive with plans and news.

He is also delighted to see that the Persian National Assembly is
vigorously co-operating with your Assembly and fac