With the assurance of Shoghi Effendi’s affection and prayers for you, also to Miss Alexander, and of his hope that you will someday come to Haifa. (signed by Soheil Afnan) (in the Guardian’s handwriting) With the assurance of my fervent prayers at the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh for your happiness, your success and spiritual advancement. Your true brother, Shoghi (March 5, 1931) [Letter of June 20, 1931] Our Guardian has been overjoyed to hear of your gathering at the library of Dr. Masujima and to receive your very kind messages written on that occasion. Both the Master and Shoghi Effendi have always cherished great hopes for the Bahá’í Faith in Japan. They have felt that only through the broad spiritual outlook which the Faith provides can the Japanese people introduce true spiritual enlightenment in their fast developing civilization. Hence Shoghi Effendi’s great pleasure to hear from you and learn of your increasing interest in and enthusiasm for the Cause. (signed by Soheil Afnan) (June 20, 1931) [Letter of January 9, 1932] Dear and valued co-workers: Your message has imparted an indefinable joy to my heart and cheered me in my arduous task. Persevere in your efforts for the spread of our beloved Faith, and rest assured that my prayers will continue to be offered in your behalf. I cherish the brightest hopes for the extension of your deeply valued activities and will supplicate the Almighty to bless and sustain your high endeavors. Your true brother, Shoghi (January 9, 1932) 12: Letters and Cables to Administrative Institutions [Letter of April 1957] To the First National Convention of the Bahá’ís of North East Asia—1957 To the Delegates and Visitors assembled at the Convention of the Bahá’ís of North-East Asia. With feelings of exultation, joy, and pride I hail the convocation of this history-making Convention of the Bahá’ís of North-East Asia, paving the way for the emergence of a Regional Spiritual Assembly with an area of jurisdiction embracing Japan, Korea, Formosa, Macao, Hong Kong, Hainan Island and Sakhalin Island. This auspicious event, which posterity will regard as the culmination of a process initiated, half a century ago, in the capital city of Japan, under the watchful care and through the direct inspiration of the Centre of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh, marks the opening of the second chapter in the history of the evolution of His Faith in the North Pacific area. Such a consummation cannot fail to lend a tremendous impetus to its onward march in the entire Pacific Ocean, a march which will now, no doubt, be greatly accelerated by the simultaneous emergence of the Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of South-East Asia and of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New Zealand.