ian wishes it clearly
understood that a Hazira must be a piece of land owned by the Baha'is, and
not a rented piece of property.

The Guardian will appreciate advice from you as quickly as possible of the
steps being taken to fulfill this important task of the second phase of
the Ten-Year Plan. He feels this property should be purchased during the
current year....

P.S.--The Guardian requests that you inform all the friends that their most
important duty at the present time is the fulfillment of the tasks of the
Ten-Year Crusade. This calls for the sacrifice of local activities in
order that the national and international development of the Faith may go
forward uninterruptedly. No local institutions should be started. The
National Assembly should see that money is not spent on local centers at
this time, and the friends should be encouraged to concentrate on the
national and international activities of the Faith.

LETTER OF 25 JUNE 1954

25 June 1954

Dear Baha'i Sister:

The letters of your Assembly dated June 18, August 11, September 2 (4),
13, October 14, November 9 and 24, 1953, and January 16 (2), February 3, 5
(2), 7, 11, March 7, April 19, May 12 and June 19, 1954, with their
enclosures, as well as the material forwarded under separate cover, have
all been received by the beloved Guardian, and he has instructed me to
answer you on his behalf.

He is sorry that pressure of work prevented him from writing more
frequently to the National Spiritual Assemblies, including your own.
Indeed, he is beginning to wonder how much longer he can go on attending
to the multiplying affairs of the Cause of today, and keeping up
correspondence as well.

He is very pleased to see that the work in Germany is really going forward
at a visibly more rapid rate. The German friends, one of the oldest
Communities in Europe, so devoted and loyal, and who have suffered so much
during two wars, are beginning at last to see the institutions of their
Faith emerging in their native land in a more concrete form than the realm
of hope and dreams.

The national Haziratu'l-Quds, which was purchased so shortly after the end
of the last world conflagration, has now been followed by the plan for the
first Baha'i Temple on European soil, a truly noble and inspiring
undertaking.

In this connection he wishes to say that he is very sorry he could not
agree to the proposals you sent him so far. As your Assembly is aware, the
Baha'i