Dear Baha'i Brother:

The letters from your Assembly dated July 6, September 14, November 9 and
December 18, 1953, and January 7 (2), February 28, and March 22 and 31,
1954, with enclosures, also the material sent separately, have all been
received by the beloved Guardian, and he has instructed me to answer you
on his behalf.

Regarding the various matters you have raised, he does not know how the
galleys of the Tahitian pamphlet and letters of Louise Bosch happened to
be sent to you. He had nothing to do with it, and is perfectly satisfied
that they should remain in the hands of your Assembly.

He has been delighted over the marked progress made by your Assembly in
carrying out its own portion of the Ten-Year Crusade. The number of
members of the National Body who have gone forth as pioneers to virgin
territories which you have succeeded in opening during the first year of
the Plan, the purchase of the Temple site in Sydney--all attest the
vitality of the faith of the believers in the Antipodes. He is very proud
of their spirit and their achievements, and believes that they will go
very far in their service to the Faith on an international scale. The
initiative shown through the holding of a South Pacific School pleased him
immensely. In view of the work to be done, the number of languages into
which the literature is to be translated, the tremendous area throughout
which the Australian goals are scattered, schools and institutes of this
nature are really essential.

He is also very happy to note the increase in Baha'i membership, a sure
sign of the virility of the faith of the believers.

He feels sure that the visit of the dear Hand of the Cause, Mr. Furutan,
accompanied by Mr. Faizi, did a tremendous amount of good. Mr. Furutan has
since made the pilgrimage to Haifa, and spoke very highly to the Guardian
of the believers in that part of the world, whom he grew to love and
admire very much during his visit.

He was very happy to see that Mrs. Dunn was able to attend the New Zealand
Baha'i Summer School. For a woman of her age, this was surely a remarkable
achievement, and must have been a great inspiration to the New Zealand
friends, coming as she did so freshly from the last Intercontinental
Teaching Conference held in New Delhi.

Now that so many of the goals abroad have been settled, and active plans
have been laid to settle the remaining ones, he feels that your Assembly
should pay particular attention