Decree by the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia of 27 March–9 April 1925 concerning the demise of the Holiest Patriarch Tikhon in Rus newspaper (Sofia), No.619 of 26.04.1925.
“Opinions of all Archbishops of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia must be requested urgently concerning possible and necessary arrangements of church life in connection with the demise of the Holiest Patriarch Tikhon in the event the Soviet authorities create obstacles to the management of the church by Patriarchal Locum Tenens and election of a new Patriarch…”
Archives of Solzhenitsyn Centre of Russian Emigré Studies. F. 2