NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE BAHA’IS OF THE UNITED STATES

Office of the Secretary

536 Sheridan Road, WILMETTE, Illinois

May 6, 1960

To All of the National and Regional Spiritual Assemblies,

Dear Friends,

This letter will simply inform you, dear friends and pioneers throughout the entire world of the reaction of the United States of America to the absurd Proclamation signed by Mason Remey, whose claim has reflected the evidence of his old age and deteriorating faculties.

On the 26th of April, after the receipt of the initial information of Mr. Remey of his own Proclamation, our National Spiritual Assembly has cabled the Hands of the Cause residing in the Holy Land assuring them of our prayers and our sympathies in this unfolding tragedy.

On April 28, we received the following telegram from the Hands of the Cause in the Holy Land:

"DEEPLY REGRET NECESSITY INFORM BAHA’I WORLD HAND CAUSE MASON REMEY NOW ASSERTING HE IS GUARDIAN FAITH STOP THIS PREPOSTEROUS CLAIM CLEARLY CONTRARY SACRED TEXTS CAN ONLY BE REGARDED HAVING OBVIOUS CONDITION PROFOUND EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE STOP CALL UPON BELIEVERS EVERYWHERE JOIN HANDS HOLY LAND COMPLETE REPUDIATION THIS MISGUIDED ACTION STOP SHARE THIS MESSAGE FRIENDS.

[ CABLE ] HANDS HOLY LAND

Haifa the 28-4-60.

On the 27th of April we had already telegraphed the following, to all of our Local Spiritual Assemblies:

"Remey Proclamation un-authorised by the Hands in Haifa and repudiated by the National Spiritual Assembly. This sad situation shall be resolved by the leaders."

The first day of the annual Convention, the 28th of April, the delegates had sent the following telegram to the Hands of the Cause residing in the Holy Land.

At the end of this, the following reply was received on the 30th of April:

"Warmly appreciate your last testimony of unshaken loyalty which draws the attention of the standard-bearers of the Covenant to the divinely-ordained Institutions. Stop. We pray at the Holy sites for divine guidance for this historic convention which has not been shaken." We are assured that each Bahá’í community in the world has already sworn its firm loyalty to the Hands of the Cause in the Holy Land, and this year even greater dedication to the achievement of the goals of our divinely inspired beloved Guardian for the World-wide Crusade.