In His Most Exalted Name
Muharram al-Haram 1399 AH
After conveying my greetings and salutations, I would like to state that we need committed and trustable men who would become the members of the council- after the collapse of the regime. Besides religiosity and interest in Islam, they should have the following characteristics:
1. Lack of diversionary thoughts, rather lack of inclination toward such schools of thought; they should have only Islamic thoughts.
2. They must be competent to run a ministry, that is, they must be learned and good managers.
3. They should be famed for their patriotism and should be reputable.
4. They should not have been members of the corrupt governments or the two houses of parliament, disreputable for their corruption.
5. They should not represent the capitalists and should not be known as capitalists themselves.
6. They should not belong to the class of clerics.
Discuss the issue as soon as possible in a meeting of the learned and enlightened friends in Qum and try to find such people immediately. At least find ten persons- even with the help of the informed people of other cities- and introduce them to me, by confirming and ratification of their competence. This issue has been mentioned to Tehran as well. May peace be upon you.