Emergence of independent sovereign state in Holy Land, synchronizing with
the rise and consolidation of the Administrative Center of the World Faith
of Baha'u'llah of which the establishment of the International Baha'i
Council and the construction of the superstructure of the Bab's Sepulcher
constitute the initial major evidences, as well as the projected
acquisition of extensive properties in close neighborhood of the Most Holy
Tomb of Baha and the precincts of the Shrine on Mount Carmel, Haifa,
essential to their preservation, resulting from far-reaching changes in
the newly-established state, demand henceforth reorientation and
necessitate increasing financial support by Baha'i National Communities of
East and West, through curtailment of national and local budgets. The
extent of appropriations from national and local budgets of communities in
both hemispheres is regarded as a spiritual obligation and left to the
discretion of the elected representatives of the believers. Moreover,
participation of individual believers, through contributions directly
transmitted to the Holy Land are imperative and beyond the scope of the
jurisdiction of National and local Assemblies. Upon the response of the
privileged builders of the World Order of Baha'u'llah depend the nature
and the rapidity of the evolution of the World Administrative Center
designed to culminate in the erection of the last unit crowning the
structure of the embryonic World Order of Baha'u'llah.
Our distinguished co-worker, Millie Collins, Vice-Chairman of the
International Council is acquainting you with the pressing problems and
the projected plans and the contracts afoot designed to accelerate the
process initiated in the Holy Land for the furtherance of these supreme,
momentous, highly meritorious objectives. Communicate this message to all
National Assemblies.
--Shoghi
[Cablegram, April 25, 1951]