Major international conventions had been scheduled for three cities in Poland. Jehovah’s Witnesses in Czechoslovakia wanted to attend. The matter was discussed with State Security officials. How excited the brothers were when permission was granted for 10,000 of them to travel to Poland! That number represented more than half of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Czechoslovakia at that time. Some grew fearful when the Ministry of Interior required a list of all who would be going. But those who did make the trip were built up beyond all expectation—by the convention program featuring the theme “Godly Devotion,” by the enthusiastic spirit of the conventioners, and by the marvelous hospitality shown by the Polish Witnesses.

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Czech delegates at convention in Poland in 1989