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USBN #240 February 1951 p1
Announce (to) National Assemblies (of) America. Europe (and) Australia (the) initiation (of) preliminary measures (for) erection (of) steel framework designed (to) support (the) contemplated dome (of the) Bab's Sepulchre. Holy Edifice whose site (the) Founder (of the) Faith designated while Himself (an) exile (in) Most Great Prison, whose central structure (the) Center (of) His Covenant erected (in the) course (of the) turbulent years (of) His Ministry, whose enveloping arcade was constructed despite internal disturbance rocking (the) Ho1y Land, (is) now carried forward despite (the) mounting international tension through signing sixty-three thousand dollar contract for stonework (of) octa gon. Request beloved friends, collaborators (in) historic undertaking, (to) join me (in) prayers (for) uninterrupted prosecution (of) work simultaneously initiated (in) Italy (and) Holy Land designed (to) attain final consummation (in) rearing lofty dome, crowning unit (of) enterprise so intimately associated (with the) Three Central Figures (of) Faith linking (the) Heroic (and) Formative Ages (of) Baha'i Dispensation.
Haifa, Israel
January 4, 1951
(signed) S HOCHI
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