entres of population in order to
build up the goal cities and establish new centres. However, we have not
accomplished a great deal in the way of increasing the number of Baha'is,
nor the number of Spiritual Assemblies.

The beloved Guardian sincerely hopes you will make it a point of major
study and consideration on the part of your Assembly, so that the entire
community may lend itself to the accomplishment of this great goal during
the coming year. Foundations must be laid for many more Assemblies. The
friends must disperse from the large centres of population. Our teaching
work must become so sanctified and penetrating that many, many souls will
be confirmed. The friends should go forward on this great task in a very
determined manner in order to establish as many new Assemblies during the
coming year as are possible.

In letters which have come to the beloved Guardian, he has noted the
friends feel there is no need to establish new Assemblies until 1963.

The Ten Year Crusade ends in 1963; but as many of the goals should be won
as quickly as possible. It should certainly be clear to all of the friends
that we cannot hold off on winning the various goals of our tasks until
the last year of the Crusade. They should be won just as quickly as
possible. Furthermore, there are many tasks of the Crusade which the
Guardian is not launching until preliminary goals have been won. For
instance, it would be impossible to establish National Assemblies in all
of the areas proposed until there are more Baha'is, more Groups and more
Assemblies in those countries. On the home front, further tasks are
dependent upon the winning of victories now. The Guardian hopes the
keynote of the teaching work on the home front during the current year
will be the dispersion of the friends on an unprecedented scale, and the
winning of as many Assemblies as is possible....

Letter of 9 April 1955

9 April 1955

URGENTLY APPEAL HIGH MINDED DEVOTED BELIEVERS BRITISH ISLES EXERT SUPREME
EFFORT FILL GAPS ASSEMBLIES DEMONSTRATE ABILITY MAINTAIN STANDARD HISTORIC
ACHIEVEMENTS FERVENTLY PRAYING SUCCESS.

SHOGHI

Letter of 20 April 1955

20 April 1955

Dear John:

In order not to keep the Assembly waiting for an answer, the beloved
Guardian has instructed me to write you this letter in reply to yours of
April 15th.

The principle is wherever the Baha'i laws at the present time conflict
with the civil law of the country, the