of the
historic import of the work which is to be accomplished, with a mightier
determination to bring it to a successful conclusion. The resources at the
disposal of the community must, as a result of its expansion, be
continually augmented and carefully extended. The prizes so painstakingly
won must, at all costs, be safeguarded and consolidated. The newly
enrolled believers must be constantly encouraged to assume an increasing
share of the responsibilities and of the administrative functions
devolving upon the members of the community. The pioneer activities
undertaken by its members must, however great the sacrifices involved, be
increasingly developed, systematised and accelerated. The needs of the
Faith in the newly opened territories in the west, in the north, and in
the south, must, while the specific goals of the Plan are being pursued,
be given special attention, in order to enrich the life of the entire
community, to increase the diversity of its constituent elements, to
demonstrate the welding and assimilative power of the Faith, and to
stimulate the processes now set in motion for the spiritual regeneration
of all the ethnic elements within the British Isles.

In token of my gratitude for the work already accomplished, as a
recognition of the status achieved by the British Baha'i community in the
Western Hemisphere, in anticipation of the tasks that still remain to be
undertaken, I feel moved to initiate, as soon as the situation here
permits, measures that will enable me, through the institution of a
Palestine Branch of the British Baha'i National Assembly, to register in
the name of the body of the elected representatives of the followers of
Baha'u'llah throughout the British Isles, a portion of Baha'i
international endowments dedicated to the Shrine of the Bab on Mount
Carmel. May this step, associating it with its sister national assemblies
in the United States and India in the possession of so sacred a trust,
lend its share to the consolidation and distinction of the central
institution of the Administrative Order of the Faith of Baha'u'llah in the
British Isles.

Shoghi

Letter of 2 May 1948

2 May 1948

HAPPILY TRANSMIT REJOICING NEWS BELOVED GUARDIAN'S SAFETY HAIFA.

BAHABUREAU

Letter of 5 May 1948

5 May 1948

GREATLY WELCOME DEEPLY APPRECIATE CONVENTION'S RESPONSE SUCCESSFUL
CONCLUSION INITIAL PHASE PLAN ENCOURAGES ME INITIATE AS SOON AS
CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT MEASURES