Budapest, Prague, and Zagreb were designated as “international conventions,” and special arrangements were made to accommodate tens of thousands of delegates from other countries.

Further, imagine holding a convention in Zagreb when the threat of civil war loomed and explosions were heard in the distance!

Delegates to Zagreb were told time and time again: “We didn’t think you would come!” Most other tourists had canceled their travel plans​—but not Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Times of London reported regarding the convention: “It is, in fact, the first to be organised by Jehovah’s Witnesses in a state at war with itself.”

Policemen were especially astonished. One in Zagreb said: “It would be good to show the mass media what is happening in this stadium, right here, where we see Serbians, Croats, Slovenians, Montenegrins, and others sitting next to one another in peace.”