main task, now that the back of the pioneer settlement work has been
broken, so to speak, is the consolidation of these territories and the
maintaining of the pioneers at their posts. He is constantly urging all
National Assemblies to impress upon those who have gone forth to settle
virgin territories, the importance of staying there, and of only
abandoning their posts if they are forced to do so by the Government in
question, and not for some other reason. The friends have had such
difficulty in gaining access to some of these countries,--visas, housing,
expenses have all been such a problem--that once they get there, they
should really move heaven and earth to remain.

He is very happy that two of the Temple sites on the African continent
have been purchased, and feels that this will release a tremendous
spiritual impetus. He hopes that the Egyptian Baha'is will soon decide on
a site, and that will complete the chain for the time being.

Concerning the various questions you have raised regarding literature and
translations, he thinks that it is perhaps better to have a proper
introductory pamphlet on the Faith translated into ... and not give any
wide publicity for the time being, than to spend money translating a
lopsided presentation of the Teachings. However, he believes that, with
sufficient effort and good judgment, a pamphlet could be gotten out that
would neither stress too strongly the racial teachings, nor minimise them
too much, and could discreetly be used for teaching purposes in...

He has spoken very strongly to some of the pilgrims here about the
teaching work in that country, and impressed upon them that the whole
object of the pioneers in going forth to Africa, is to teach the coloured
people, and not the white people. This does not mean that they must refuse
to teach the white people, which would be a foolish attitude. It does,
however, mean that they should constantly bear in mind that it is to the
native African that they are now carrying the Message of Baha'u'llah, in
his own country, and not to people from abroad who have migrated there
permanently or temporarily and are a minority, and many of them, judging
by their acts, a very unsavoury minority.

He hopes that every effort will be made to get out a pamphlet in each of
the languages chosen, or those that you have substituted for a chosen
language. He fully realises that, in many cases, the people who speak the
language are illiterate, and, s