The following five Hands, who, in their capacity as members of the
International Baha'i Council, are closely associated with the rise and
development of the institutions of the Faith at its World Center, have
been chosen to act as my special representatives at this second series of
Intercontinental Conferences: Amatu'l-Baha, Ruhiyyih, accompanied by
Lutfu'llah Hakim, member of the International Council, at the Kampala
Conference; Mason Remey, at the Sydney Conference; Ugo Giachery, at the
Chicago Conference; Amelia Collins, at the Frankfurt Conference; and Leroy
Ioas, at the Djakarta Conference.
To three of them, attending the Kampala, the Sydney and the Frankfurt
Conferences, I shall entrust a portion of the blessed earth from the
inmost Shrine of Baha'u'llah, a lock of His precious Hair, and a
reproduction of His Portrait, to be exhibited by them to the assembled
friends at these Conferences. Two of these representatives will be
instructed to deposit, on my behalf, the blessed earth in the foundations
of the two Temples to be erected in the African and Australian continents,
while the other sacred gifts will be delivered for safe keeping by these
representatives to the Central and East African Regional Assembly and the
Australian and German National Spiritual Assemblies. A fourth portrait of
Baha'u'llah will be entrusted to my representative, Leroy Ioas, to be
exhibited at the Djakarta Conference, and returned for safe keeping to the
Holy Land, while to Ugo Giachery, representing me at the Chicago
Conference, will be assigned the duty of exhibiting the portraits of
Baha'u'llah and of the Bab, already entrusted to the United States
National Spiritual Assembly.