LETTER OF 10 MARCH 1957

10 March 1957

Dear Baha'i Sister:

The Beloved Guardian is anxious to have an up to date record of the number of Baha'is in the Goal countries of the Ten Year Crusade, as of April 1, 1957.

To this end I have prepared letters to each country or island. Some of the current addresses etc. I do not have, and I am taking the liberty of enclosing letters for the Frisian Islands, and Crete.

May I ask if you will send them directly to the proper persons, by air mail.

Please acknowledge and advise if you will arrange to do this for me....

LETTER OF 12 MARCH 1957 (REGIONAL CONVENTION)

12 March 1957 (Regional Convention)

Dear Baha'i Friends:

Your note of greeting has been received, and our beloved Guardian was very happy to see that so many of the believers had gathered together, old ones and new ones, and he hopes that as a result of your studies and consultation a new impetus will be given to the teaching work in Germany.

You may be sure he will pray for your success in the holy Shrines; and he urges you one and all to concentrate on the requirements of the Ten Year Plan as it affects the work in Germany....

[From the Guardian:]

May the Beloved bless your highly meritorious efforts, aid you to extend continually the scope of your valued activities, surmount every obstacle, and lend a tremendous impetus to the onward march of our beloved Faith and the development and consolidation of its administrative inst.i.tutions,

Your true brother, Shoghi

LETTER OF 13 MARCH 1957

13 March 1957

Dear Baha'i Sister:

The Beloved Guardian is very anxious to have an up to date record of the total number of Baha'i Centers in Germany and Austria, separately;-excluding, of course, the goal areas of the Ten Year Crusade, such as the Frisian Islands, etc.

May I ask if you will send me a cable on receipt of this giving just the totals for each country, as for instance "Germany 100, Austria 25". There is no need for any breakdown of a.s.semblies, Groups or Isolated Centers....

LETTER OF 14 MARCH 1957

14 March 1957

Dear Baha'i Sister:

The Beloved Guardian has been greatly impressed by the large number of Teaching Conferences held during the past year.

I have an incomplete record of a conference held in Austria. Can you cable me if this conference was held, the dates, and place....

P.S. Please send the cable immediately on receipt of this letter.

LETTER OF 17 MARCH 1957

17 March 1957

Dear Baha'i Sister:

...So far as ... Mr. and Mrs. ... and children are concerned, the Guardian wishes to know if they are residents of Germany, or Persians traveling in Germany, or there only for a short time. When did they arrive, and what are their plans.

The purpose of this information is that if they actually are Persian residents, traveling in Europe, then they will have to go on the Persian list, and come when their turn comes there. If they are permanently residing in Germany, then the situation is different....

P.S. Also please advise what their background is!

LETTER OF 29 MARCH 1957

29 March 1957

Dear Baha'i Sister:

As requested in your letter of March 23rd, I informed the Beloved Guardian of the pa.s.sing of Mr. Lehne, in Berlin, on March 20th.

The Beloved Guardian asked me to advise you, and the wife of Mr. Lehne, that he will pray for the progress of Mr. Lehne's soul in the realms beyond.