ll for the
successful termination of the Initial Phase of the Plan, and fills me with
hope that total victory will ultimately be achieved, at the appointed
time, by the prosecutors of this bold, this historic and far-reaching
enterprise.

The Plan itself when consummated will signalise the opening of a new epoch
in British Baha'i history, an epoch which must witness, simultaneously
with the vigorous initiation of subsequent Plans designed to broaden the
basis, and multiply the institutions, of a steadily evolving
administrative order, the inauguration of systematic undertakings, jointly
launched by the English, the Scottish, the Irish and Welsh believers, and
aiming, on the one hand, at the proclamation of the Divine Message to the
masses of their respective countrymen, and, on the other, at the
establishment of the structural basis of a divinely appointed
Administrative Order throughout the far-flung dependencies of the British
Crown.

For the present, however, and as an essential preliminary to the vast and
challenging tasks that await them beyond the shores of their homeland, the
eyes of the prosecutors of the present Plan must be focused on the vital
and urgent requirements in England, and particularly Scotland, Wales and
Ireland, wherein the nuclei that have been recently formed, should, ere
the expiry of the present year, be converted into full-fledged assemblies.
The erection of the administrative institutions of the Faith of
Baha'u'llah in these virgin territories will no doubt befittingly mark the
termination of the initial phase of the Plan, and proclaim to the entire
Baha'i world the resolution, as well as the ability, of its valiant
promoters to create the indispensable agencies required for an intensive
propagation of the Faith at home, and the planting of its banner overseas.

Theirs is an unspeakably thrilling task, an awe-inspiring obligation, a
priceless opportunity. Their recent victories inspire a confident hope
that a no less outstanding success will mark their future endeavours.

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi

Letter of 14 May 1947

14 May 1947

DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE PLEDGE PRAYING ABUNDANT BLESSINGS DELIBERATIONS.

SHOGHI

Letter of 24 May 1947

24 May 1947

TOWNSHEND'S RESIGNATION IMPERATIVE. ALLOCATION FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS FROM
NATIONAL FUND EXCESSIVE. ADVISE USE PART RELIEF FUND THIS PURPOSE PRAYING
SOLUTION PROBLEM.

SHOGHI

Letter of 18 June 1947