The privileged prosecutors of so revolutionizing, so gigantic, so sacred
and beneficent a campaign, are, on the morrow of its launching, and, at
such a crucial hour in the destinies of the European continent, summoned
to undertake:
First, the formation, under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly
of the Baha'is of the United States, of one national spiritual assembly in
each one of the Scandinavian and Benelux countries, and those of the
Iberian Peninsula, and one in Finland, as well as the establishment, in
collaboration with the Paris Spiritual Assembly, of the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of France; the establishment, under the aegis of
the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Germany and Austria, of
the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Austria; and the
establishment, under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of the United States, and in association with the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Italy and Switzerland, of independent
National Spiritual Assemblies in Italy and Switzerland.
Second, the construction of the first Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar of Europe in
the city of Frankfurt, the heart of Germany, which occupies such a central
position in the continent of Europe.
Third, the purchase of land for the future construction of two
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kars, one in the north in the city of Stockholm, and one
in the south in the city of Rome, the seat and stronghold of the most
powerful church in Christendom.
Fourth, the opening of the following thirty virgin territories and
islands: Albania, Crete, Estonia, Finno-Karelia, Frisian Islands, Greece,
Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Rumania, White Russia, assigned to the
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Germany and Austria; Channel
Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Hebrides Islands, Malta, Orkney Islands,
Shetland Islands, assigned to the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of the British Isles; Andorra, Azores, Balearic Islands, Lofoten
Islands, Spitzbergen, Ukraine, assigned to the National Spiritual Assembly
of the Baha'is of the United States of America; Liechtenstein, Monaco,
Rhodes, San Marino, Sardinia, Sicily, assigned to the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of Italy and Switzerland.
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, through its
European Teaching Committee: Basque, Estonian, Flemish, Lapp, Maltese,
Piedmontese, Romani, Romansch, Yiddish, Ziryen.
Sixth, the consolidation of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Holland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, allocated
to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of
America; of Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Russian
S.F.S., Yugoslavia, allocated to the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of Germany and Austria; of Eire, allocated to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the British Isles; of Iceland,
allocated to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada; and
of Corsica, allocated to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
Italy and Switzerland.
Seventh, the incorporation of the thirteen 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 countries where national spiritual assemblies are to be
established, as well as one in London and one in Paris.
Tenth, the formation of a national Baha'i Publishing Trust in Frankfurt,
Germany.
Eleventh, the formation of Israel branches of the National Spiritual
Assemblies of the Baha'is of the British Isles and of Germany and Austria,
authorized to hold, on behalf of their parent institutions, property
dedicated to the holy shrines at the World Center of the Faith in the
state of Israel.
Twelfth, the conversion to the Faith of representatives of the Basque and
Gypsy races.
Thirteenth, the appointment, during Ridvan 1954, by the Hands of the Cause
in Europe, of an Auxiliary Board of nine members who will, in conjunction
with the four national spiritual assemblies participating in the European
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 European continent.