It was said at the time that major steps were made to the advancement of world peace at the conference but an inside source later revealed that there were some initial problems. The delegates spent the first half of the conference in a disagreement over the colour of the cloth covering the conference table. When this issue was finally settled it was realised that the final choice of colour clashed terribly with the curtains and a further debate ensued over this. It was eventually decided that better progress could be made if all the delegates retired to the hotel bar and continued the discussions there. Unfortunately this degenerated into a drinking contest, the only outcome of this was the realisation that El Presidente should have drunk wine rather than Stella Artois. Although he apologised profusely to Fidel Castro it was felt the two of them should probably never meet at another conference.