Finally, Joel Marangella provided this information: "A subsequent announcement which he directed me to prepare and release to the faithful Bahá’ís indicated that he had turned the affairs of the Faith over to me. In a letter under date of February 18, 1966, he stated: ‘I am turning the affairs of the Faith over to you as the President of the second Bahá’í International Council to handle this for me — you having the other members of the International Council to assist you’ and further in this same letter ‘from now on I will leave you free to conduct the affairs of the Faith, I making suggestions when necessary’. (Published in the Glad Tidings of May 1966)."