Announce to friends of East and West the following: furnishing Mazra'ih,
completion of restoration of historic house of Baha'u'llah in Acre,(1)
scene of prolonged afflictions sustained by Founder of Faith, as well as
supreme crisis suffered by 'Abdu'l-Baha at hands of Covenantbreakers.
Greatly enhanced international endowments in Holy Land in twin cities of
Acre and Haifa, now include twin Holy Shrines situated on plain of Acre
and slope of Mount Carmel; twin Mansions of Bahji and Mazra'ih, twin
historic Houses inhabited by Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha; twin
International Archives adjoining the Bab's Sepulcher and the resting-place
of the Greatest Holy Leaf; twin Pilgrim Houses, constructed for Oriental
and Occidental pilgrims; twin Gardens of Ridvan and Firdaws, associated
with the memory of the Author of the Baha'i Dispensation.
Greatly welcome assistance of the newly-formed International Council,
particularly its President, Mason Remey, and its Vice-President, Amelia
Collins, through contact with authorities designed to spread the fame,
consolidate the foundations and widen the scope of influence emanating
from the twin spiritual, administrative World Centers permanently fixed in
the Holy Land constituting the midmost heart of the entire planet.
--Shoghi
[Cablegram, March 2, 1951]