'i international endowments purchased in the course of
sixty years in the vicinity of the Bab's Sepulcher on the slope of Mount
Carmel.

The exchange of said property, including land and houses, was made
possible by the precipitate flight of the former Arab owners, traditional
supporters of the old Covenant-breakers and descendants of the notorious
enemy of 'Abdu'l-Baha who placed his residence at the disposal of the
Committee of Investigation.

The signature to the agreement signalized the commencement of large-scale
landscaping, aiming at the beautification of the immediate precincts of
the holiest spot in the entire Baha'i world, itself the prelude to the
eventual erection, as happened in the case of the Bab's Sepulcher, of a
befitting Mausoleum enshrining the precious Dust of the Most Great Name.

Desire to acknowledge the indefatigable efforts exerted by both Larry
Hautz and Leroy Ioas enabling the consummation of the initial stage of the
enterprise destined to eclipse in its final phase the splendor and
magnificence of the Bab's resting-place on Mount Carmel.

--Shoghi

[Cablegram, November 12, 1952]

REPRESENTATIVES FOR INTERCONTINENTAL CONFERENCES

On occasion of Centenary of Baha'u'llah's release from oppressive
imprisonment in the Siyah-_Ch_al, Tihran, synchronizing with the
termination of the epoch-making, two-month period associated with the
Birth of His Revelation, unsurpassed, with the sole exception of the
Declaration of His mission, by any episode in the world's spiritual
history, call upon Baha'i communities, East and West, to ponder the unique
significance, focus attention on imperative requirements and to respond
worthily to the challenge offered each of the four fate-laden,
fast-approaching Intercontinental Conferences, constituting the highlights
of recently ushered-in Holy Year.

Desire to announce the appointment of the Hands of the Cause, honored by
direct association with the newly-initiated enterprises at the world
center of the Faith, to act, in addition to their individual participation
in the deliberations at the forthcoming Conferences, as my special
representatives, entrusted with a four-fold mission: to bear, for the
edification of the attendants, a precious remembrance of the Co-founder of
the Faith, deliver my official message to the assembled believers,
elucidate the character and purposes of the impending decade-long
spiritual World Crusade and rally the participant