Adi's reply of February 17th concluded with: "The gist of your letter of January 26th was read to beloved Baba." Adi had already sent 24 Baba books to Mr. Chopra and asked Mr. W. D. Kain "working in the New Delhi Secretariat, a longtime Baba lover, to see Mr. Chopra and, if possible, use his good offices for the books being approved."

The following cable from Ahmednagar came March 2nd: YOUR LETTER 18th FEBRUARY RECEIVED I AM HAPPY WITH ALL YOUR EFFORTS TO SPREAD MY MESSAGE THROUGH THE EXPO I GIVE MY LOVE BLESSING TO YOU AND TO ALL WHO ARE HELPING YOU TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE - MEHER BABA.

A few days later, Adi's March 1st letter arrived: You will be glad to hear that today I heard from Mr. Kain that as a result of approach made to the Commerce Ministry, Mr. Chopra has agreed to the display of dear Baba's literature at Montreal and has promised to write to those concerned.' This is fine news, indeed." It was true that the Ministry had agreed to display Baba's books, but we still had to get word about the Universal Message. Expo was to open April 27th.

While awaiting further news from Adi, Elizabeth Patterson, Kitty, Jane, Stella and I decided 20,000 English and 10,000 French Messages would probably "do" for the summer; that, to meet a legal Expo requirement, we would have to get 10,000 French Messages printed as none were left over from the New York Fair; that, to start, anyway, 20,000 new booklists would have to be printed, too; and that Kecha and Henry Kashouty would ship English Messages to Montreal as required. Jane obtained printing estimates in Charleston, S. C., as I did in Montreal; Elizabeth prepared a new booklist; Stella made minor revisions in the translations of the French Message; Kitty and Jane agreed to seek the $6000 we then knew was required; on March 31st, the Kashoutys shipped 3,000 Messages to the Winterfeldts in New York who relayed them to Expo; Toni Roothbert made explanatory phone calls; and Kitty, Ivy Duce, and the Kashoutys shipped the dozen or so Baba books decided upon for the display. On April 2nd, Mr. Luthra arranged, at my request, to have a staff member escort me past Expo guards through the mud, snow and ice to the India Pavilion so I could see where the spiritual section was to be. When I saw men sawing and hammering, and carpets still unrolled against the walls, I wondered how it could be ready on time. Introduced to the Pavilion's debonair designer just then, I asked him where the spiritual section was to be.

"Spiritual section?"

"Yes, the section where the spiritual books will be."