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The responsibilities confronting the Indian and Burmese
Baha’i Communities, in these days of stress and turmoil, are
immense and inescapable. The task facing them is urgent,
complex and rich in possibilities. The Plan which they
are now striving to carry out demands the utmost vigilance,
care, vigour and perseverance. All must arise to lend their
assistance, and ensure its unqualified success in all its
aspects. An intensification of effort aimed at increasing
the number of pioneers who are labouring throughout the
length and breadth of that land; a more vigorous and
systematic endeavour to ensure the speedy publication of
Baha’i literature in all the languages that have already been
determined upon and its immediate dissemination as an
adjunct to the all-important teaching work; the elimination
of every trace of inharmony, misunderstanding and ill-will
so detrimental, at this juncture, to the interests of the Plan;
the initiation of measures designed to give greater publicity
to the aims and purposes of the Faith and its fundamental
teachings, through the Press and radio; the adoption and
enforcement of whatever measures are required to
increase the number of Indian and Muslim converts to the
Faith, on whom its ultimate triumph and recognition must
depend; the steady consolidation and expansion of newly-established
institutions, such as the Summer School, the
hostel and the local Haziras; a more liberal and widespread
contribution of funds to the National Treasury for the
support of these institutions, and for the promotion of the
general interests of the Faith—these stand out as the
primary duties and obligations of both the participants of
the Plan and of those who conduct its operation.
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A special effort must simultaneously be exerted to provide
whatever is required to re-establish the long-suffering and
dearly-loved Burmese community on a secure foundation.
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The despatch of competent teachers and visitors to that
sorely-tried land; the extension of the necessary relief to those
who are still in need; the reconstruction of the administrative
headquarters and the re-establishment of the Baha’i
school; the construction of the memorial to the beloved and
unforgettable pioneer and martyr Siyyid Mustafa; the
formation of Assemblies and Groups in as many localities
as possible—these constitute the immediate tasks confronting
your Assembly in addition to the responsibilities you
are called upon to discharge under the new Plan.
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