Brothers Knorr and Henschel scheduled themselves to visit the Gold Coast for the second time, in 1952.

With eagerness Jehovah’s witnesses throughout the country looked forward to the visit. This time the number of publishers had grown to 4,446, compared to the mere 575 of the year 1947. Every one of them would love to benefit by the counsel and talks of the Society’s president and his secretary, so, as in 1947, a national convention was arranged to be held in Accra, from November 21 to 23.

Now came the news that the visas for Brother Knorr and Brother Henschel had been canceled!

“An interview was granted by the prime minister, Dr. Nkrumah. The matter was explained to him, and he said that about two weeks previously our missionary work was discussed at a cabinet meeting. The decision reached was that our missionary activities would be allowed to continue as they were but no more missionaries would be allowed into the country. He was told that Brother Knorr and Brother Henschel were not coming here as missionaries but only to visit us for a few days. At the conclusion of the interview the prime minister stated that he would take the matter up with the minister of defense and external affairs. Later a secretary in government said that the matter had been considered and the final decision was that visas were refused and a cable to that effect had been sent to New York.”