assist you in accomplishing still
more outstanding works for the Cause in your country.

Regarding the publication of the manuscript, he sees no objection that it
should be undertaken by a non-Baha'i publisher, inasmuch as it will then
have a greater appeal to the general public. But, of course, in this as
well as in all other local matters of this kind you should first seek the
approval of the N.S.A. As to the expenses of printing the work, they
should be preferably furnished by the national fund.

The Guardian is also very much pleased to learn of the new publications
which the N.S.A. is planning to issue very soon. The printing of the
lectures delivered at the last Esslingen Summer School in a book form is,
no doubt, highly useful. It is hoped that the funds required in this
connection, as well as for other important publications, will be
generously contributed by both the individual believers, and the local
groups and assemblies.

With reference to the publication of the "Kitab-i-Iqan" into Esperanto,
the Guardian also hopes that some action will be taken in this matter by
the N.S.A. But obviously the printing of this, and other non-German works,
should be subordinated to the publication of Baha'i literature in
German....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-worker:

I am so eager to learn that your health is fully restored, for I believe
your services are a most valuable asset to the Faith you serve in these
troublous days. I welcome your efficient and unrelaxing cooperation, in
spite of the obstacles which face you, in so many fields of Baha'i
activity. I am confident that as a result of your strenuous endeavours the
administrative institutions in your land will be further consolidated and
extended and the cause of teaching receive an added impetus.

Your true brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 18 DECEMBER 1949

18 December 1949

Baha'i Youth Committee of Germany and Austria

Dear Baha'i Friends:

Your letter of November 12 has been received by our Guardian, and he has
instructed me to answer it on his behalf.

He will certainly pray for the success of your very important branch of
the Baha'i work in Germany and Austria.

We, as students of religion and history, cannot but expect that when God's
Greatest Revelation, (up until this time,) reaches the world, it will
cause terrific repercussions in the lives of men. This is what we are
witnessing all about us today, and although we, and othe