First Presidency announced that all non-English-speaking missionaries would receive two months' language training before entering the field.
[Source: Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550]
Note: Language training for missionaries prior to their departure to their mission field first began during the early 1960s [Nov.1961] for Spanish, Portuguese, and German language missions.
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