aziratu'l-Quds in the capital city
of each of the countries where the National Spiritual Assemblies are to be
established, as well as one in London and one in Paris. Tenth, the
formation of a National Baha'i Publishing Trust in Frankfurt, Germany.
Eleventh, the formation of Israel Branches of the National Spiritual
Assemblies of the Baha'is of the British Isles and of Germany and Austria,
authorised to hold, on behalf of their parent institutions, property
dedicated to the Holy Shrines at the World Centre of the Faith in the
State of Israel. Twelfth, the conversion to the Faith of representatives
of the Basque and Gypsy races. Thirteenth, the appointment during Ridvan
1954, by the Hands of the Cause in Europe, of an auxiliary board of nine
members who will, in conjunction with the four National Spiritual
Assemblies participating in the European campaign, assist, through
periodic and systematic visits to Baha'i centres, in the efficient and
prompt execution of the Plans formulated for the prosecution of the
teaching campaign in the European continent.

A continent occupying such a central and strategic position on the entire
planet; so rich and eventful in its history; so diversified in its
culture; from whose soil sprang both the Hellenic and Roman civilisations;
the mainspring of a civilisation to some of whose features Baha'u'llah
Himself paid tribute; on whose southern shores Christendom first
established its home; along whose eastern marches the mighty forces of the
Cross and the Crescent so frequently clashed; on whose south-western
extremity a fast evolving Islamic culture yielded its fairest fruit; in
whose heart the light of the Reformation shone so brightly, shedding its
rays as far as the outlying regions of the globe; the well-spring of
American culture; whose northern and western fringes were first warmed and
illuminated, less than a century ago, by the dawning light of the
Revelation of Baha'u'llah; in whose heart a community, so rich in promise,
was subsequently established; whose soil was later sanctified by the
twice-repeated visit of the appointed Centre of His Covenant; which
witnessed, in consequence of the rise and establishment of the
Administrative Order of His Faith, the erection of two of the foremost
pillars of the future Universal House of Justice; which, in recent years,
sustained the dynamic impact of a series of national Plans preparatory to
the launching of a world spiritual crusade--such a