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Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957
Author: Shoghi Effendi
Source: US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1971 edition
Pages: 175
Page 86   

Appointment to International Bahá’í Council
Announce to National Assemblies the number of the members of the International Council has been raised to nine through appointment of Sylvia Ioas.
—Shoghi

[Cablegram, May 4, 1955]

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