On occasion of Centenary of Baha'u'llah's release from oppressive
imprisonment in the Siyah-_Ch_al, Tihran, synchronizing with the
termination of the epoch-making, two-month period associated with the
Birth of His Revelation, unsurpassed, with the sole exception of the
Declaration of His mission, by any episode in the world's spiritual
history, call upon Baha'i communities, East and West, to ponder the unique
significance, focus attention on imperative requirements and to respond
worthily to the challenge offered each of the four fate-laden,
fast-approaching Intercontinental Conferences, constituting the highlights
of recently ushered-in Holy Year.
Desire to announce the appointment of the Hands of the Cause, honored by
direct association with the newly-initiated enterprises at the world
center of the Faith, to act, in addition to their individual participation
in the deliberations at the forthcoming Conferences, as my special
representatives, entrusted with a four-fold mission: to bear, for the
edification of the attendants, a precious remembrance of the Co-founder of
the Faith, deliver my official message to the assembled believers,
elucidate the character and purposes of the impending decade-long
spiritual World Crusade and rally the participants to energetic,
sustained, enthusiastic prosecution of the colossal tasks ahead.
Instructing the President of the International Baha'i Council, Mason
Remey, Member at Large, Ugo Giachery, and Secretary-General, Leroy Ioas,
to discharge these functions in the course of the New Delhi, Stockholm and
Kampala Conferences, respectively.
Delegating Amatu'l-Baha, accompanied by Vice-President of the
International Council, Amelia Collins, to fulfil three of the above
mentioned functions, as well as carry on my behalf, to unveil on the
occasion of the completion of the construction of the Mother Temple of the
West, to the privileged attendants at the Wilmette Conference a most
prized remembrance of the Author of the Faith, which never before left the
shores of the Holy Land, to be placed beneath the dome of the consecrated
edifice. Moreover assigning her the task to act as my deputy at the
historic ceremony marking the official Dedication of the holiest
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar of the Baha'i world reared to the everlasting glory
and honor of the Most Great Name in the heart of the North American
continent.
--Shoghi
[Cablegram, December 15, 1952]