ature
and importance. Your own ever devoted services to the Cause are greatly
appreciated by him, you may be sure....

[From the Guardian:]

I gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the sum of three hundred pounds
from the Baha'is of the British Isles, to be expended for the construction
of the Shrine of the Bab on Mt. Carmel.

Shoghi

Letter of 16 October 1951

16 October 1951

Dear Baha'i Brother,

Your letters dated March 26th (two); April 4th (three), 11th, 17th, 8th,
7th and 24th; May 1st, 4th, 12th and 24th; June 1st, 4th, 19th (two),
12th, 23rd and 27th; July 4th, 6th, 21st (two), 25th and 31st; August 8th,
9th and 15th; September 15th, 18th and 19th; have all been received, as
well as their enclosures, and the photographs sent and material under
separate cover, and the beloved Guardian has instructed me to answer you
on his behalf.

It will no doubt make you happy to hear that the Guardian has really had a
little rest this summer, much needed after the tremendous strain of last
year's worries and burdens. He can now turn to his important N.S.A.
letters somewhat refreshed.

To take up certain matters raised in your letters:

There are two Funds, that of the Shrine of the Bab and the International
Fund; but at present it is more important for the friends to concentrate
on completing the work in progress on the Shrine, which, thanks to the
response of the believers from all over the world, is going forward
uninterruptedly, in spite of the very difficult situation in the Holy Land
which makes all kinds of building work frightfully complicated.

The Guardian would very much like to receive five copies of every
publication brought out in England for the Baha'i libraries in Haifa and
at Bahji and in Acre. He thanks you for the diaries you sent....

For your information the Guardian does not want any believers to migrate
at present to this country. It will not meet with his approval under any
circumstances. The local problems, with a small group of Covenant-Breakers
more or less active in stirring up trouble; the efforts, at present
successful, which he is making to establish the most cordial relations
with the Government; the upbuilding of the international institutions of
the Faith; the consolidation of the International Baha'i Council--all
require that no complications arise and no further strain be added to the
burden of work at the World Centre of the Faith.

Now we come to the part of your