Letters of importance are in communications to National Spiritual Assembly or general letters[edit]
"He has also said that whenever he has something of importance to say, he invariably communicates it to the National Spiritual Assembly or in his general letters. His personal letters to individual friends are only for their personal benefit and even though he does not want to forbid their publication, he does not wish them to be used too much by the Bahá'í News."
- (On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, to a National Spiritual Assembly, November 16, 1932, Bahá'í News, Issue 71, pp. 1-2)
What Shoghi Effendi desires to convey is sent in general letters[edit]
"Shoghi Effendi has often said that the notes of the pilgrims should be for their own personal use and bear absolutely no authority. What he desires to convey to the friends at large he will always say in his general letters."
- (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, February 26, 1933, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1434)
