In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

. . . although the contents of the telegram that was sent to the `ulama of Qum seem to be convincing, nevertheless, until the bill's annulment is officially announced in the national newspapers in clear terms, we cannot regard this telegram as being of any significance; and we shall let the government know that if it does not announce the news of the bill's annulment in the press, then we will regard this telegrammed message as non-existent and our struggle will continue . . .¹

1- Barrasi va Tahlili az Nihzat-i Imam Khomeini, Vol. 1, p.190. It should be noted that Imam Khomeini gave a detailed speech at this gathering but unfortunately despite much effort, this was never recovered in its entirety.