Baha'u'llah.

He was glad to hear that the Convention this year and the Pacific School
held afterward had been such a success.

He was sorry to learn that after all, it was not possible for Mr. and Mrs.
Katzmann to go to New Britain. He hopes that they or others will follow
through this project, as it is an extremely important one.

The best photographs available of the Shrine of the Bab at present are to
be obtained from the American N.S.A., as films are placed at their
disposal, and they can fulfill your requirements. He suggests you get in
touch with Mr. Holley.

Shoghi Effendi hopes that at the New Delhi Conference the contribution
which the representatives from Australia and New Zealand will make will be
vital and will carry the work forward much faster. It will be a truly
unique opportunity for the representatives of so many National Assemblies
to consult about the vast pioneers regions which will be entrusted to
their care, and every advantage should be taken of it, as it may not recur
again ever.

With warm Baha'i love,
R. Rabbani.

P.S. The Guardian has been greatly encouraged by the way the believers of
Australia and New Zealand succeeded in their Plan carried out the last few
years. He hopes for still greater things from them in the days to come!

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-workers:

The victorious conclusion of the Plan formulated by your Assembly, which
posterity will recognize as a landmark of the utmost significance in the
development of the Faith of Baha'u'llah in the Antipodes, has filled my
heart with joy and thanksgiving, has evoked profound admiration in the
hearts of the followers of the Faith in both Hemispheres, and fully
qualified the Baha'i Communities in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania to
embark upon their Ten-Year Plan, which constitutes so important and vital
a phase of the global Crusade launched by their sister Communities in
every continent of the globe.

This new milestone in the history of the Faith in Australasia signalizes
the opening of a new chapter in the progressive unfoldment of the Mission
of these communities--a Mission that embraces both their homelands as well
as the neighbouring Island of the South Pacific Ocean and where their most
brilliant exploits, testifying to their heroism and devotion, must be
achieved and their greatest victories won.

A twofold task of far-reaching importance, at once thrilling and arduous,
now faces them, involving t