The task, at once arduous, thrilling and challenging, which now confronts
these four Baha'i communities involves: First, the formation, under the
aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United
States, and in collaboration with the two existing national assemblies in
Latin America, of one national spiritual assembly in each of the twenty
Latin American republics as well as the establishment of a national
spiritual assembly in Alaska under the aegis of the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of America. Second, the
establishment of the first dependency of the Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar in
Wilmette. Third, the purchase of land for the future construction of two
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kars, one in Toronto, Ontario; one in Panama City,
Panama, situated respectively in North and in Central America. Fourth, the
opening of the following twenty-seven virgin territories and islands:
Anticosti Island, Baranof Island, Cape Breton Island, Franklin, Grand
Manan Island, Keewatin, Labrador, Magdalen Islands, Miquelon Island and
St. Pierre Island, Queen Charlotte Islands and Yukon, assigned to the
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada; Aleutian Islands,
Falkland Islands, Key West and Kodiak Island assigned to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of America; Bahama
Islands, British Honduras, Dutch West Indies and Margarita Island,
assigned to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Central
America; British Guiana, Chiloee Island, Dutch Guiana, French Guiana,
Galapagos Islands, Juan Fernandez Islands, Leeward Islands, and Windward
Islands, assigned to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
South America. Fifth, the translation and publication of Baha'i literature
in the following ten languages, to be undertaken by the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of America: Aguaruna, Arawak,
Blackfoot, Cherokee, Iroquois, Lengua, Mataco, Maya, Mexican and Yahgan.
Sixth, the consolidation of Greenland, Mackenzie and Newfoundland,
allocated to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada; of
Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands and Puerto Rico allocated to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of America; of
Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
allocated to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Central
America; and of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, allocated to the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of South America. Seventh, the incorporation of
the twenty-one above-mentioned national spiritual assemblies. Eighth, the
establishment by these same national spiritual assemblies of national
Baha'i endowments. Ninth, the establishment of a national Haziratu'l-Quds
in the capital city of each of the aforementioned republics, as well as
one in Anchorage, Alaska. Tenth, the formation of two national Baha'i
publishing trusts, one in Wilmette, Illinois, and the other in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. Eleventh, the formation of an Israel branch of the
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada, authorized to hold,
on behalf of its parent institution, property dedicated to the holy
shrines at the World Center of the Faith in the state of Israel. Twelfth,
the appointment during Ridvan 1954, by the Hands of the Cause in the
United States and Canada, of an Auxiliary Board of nine members who will,
in conjunction with the four national spiritual assemblies participating
in the American campaign, assist, through periodic and systematic visits
to Baha'i centers, in the efficient and prompt execution of the plans
formulated for the prosecution of the teaching campaign in the American
continent.