tatus of the newly-fledged Assemblies in England, Wales, Scotland and
Ireland and of propagating the Faith among the people dwelling in the
British Isles through active teaching and the wide circulation of Baha'i
literature must be faithfully discharged. The necessary foundation for the
proclamation of the Faith, at a later stage in the development of the
British Baha'i community, amidst the British people and in the very heart
of the British Empire must be carefully laid. Whatever measures will
facilitate the future recognition of the Faith by the civil authorities in
the localities where its followers reside, and eventually by the central
government in Westminster, must, within the means at their disposal, and
however tentatively, be adopted.

Then and only then will this community, carrying out faithfully the
twofold duty incumbent upon it, both at home and abroad, be vouchsafed by
Baha'u'llah the full measure of His grace which will enable it to
traverse, speedily and successfully, the present stage in its evolution,
and acquire still greater potentialities for the revelation of a still
brighter aspect of its mission designed to illuminate with the light of
Divine Guidance and in the course of the Formative and Golden Ages of the
Faith all the Dependencies of the British Crown, and erect the
administrative structure within these Territories, of an Order,
incomparably mightier and more enduring than any which that Crown has ever
established.

Shoghi

Letter of 23 April 1951

23 April 1951

DEEPEST APPRECIATION GREETINGS LOVING REMEMBRANCE SHRINES DELIGHTED
SUCCESS.

SHOGHI

Letter of 25 April 1951 (Convention)

25 April 1951 (Convention)

REJOICE THANKFUL PROUD STERLING QUALITIES FIDELITY TENACITY INTREPIDITY
BRITISH FOLLOWERS FAITH BAHA'U'LLAH CONSPICUOUSLY DEMONSTRATED COURSE
INTERVAL SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION SIX YEAR FORMAL INAUGURATION TWO YEAR PLAN.
HEARTILY CONGRATULATE DELEGATES ASSEMBLED OCCASION HISTORIC NUMERICALLY
ENLARGED EPOCH MAKING CONVENTION. ONE YEAR RESPITE REGARDED BREATHING
SPELL DESIGNED ENABLE TOILING TRIUMPHANT VALOROUS HIGH MINDED COMMUNITY
RECRUIT FORCES WITNESSED UNEXPECTED DISPLAY VIGOROUS ACTIVITY RESULTING
FIRST VICTORIES AFRICAN FIELD PRESERVATION LABORIOUSLY ESTABLISHED
ASSEMBLIES LENGTH BREADTH BRITISH ISLES. TWO YEAR PLAN NOW OFFICIALLY
LAUNCHED DEMANDS CONTINUOUS UNSTINTED SYSTEMATIC SUPPORT NATIONAL ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES ALL LOCAL ASSEMBLIES RANK FILE ENTI