New Zealand soldiers learn Spanish in preparation for a tour of duty with the Multi-national Force of Observers, policing the Sinai desert between the Israelis and the Egyptians. While the official language of the M.F.O. is English, the New Zealanders will be closely involved with a battalion of Colombian troops, few of whom speak English. Here, a Wellington Polytechnic tutor, Mexico-born Marta Compton, teaches them the Spanish for “Where is the sergeant?”
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Press, 14 October 1986, Page 37
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72New Zealand soldiers learn Spanish in preparation for a tour of duty with the Multi-national Force of Observers, policing the Sinai desert between the Israelis and the Egyptians. While the official language of the M.F.O. is English, the New Zealanders will be closely involved with a battalion of Colombian troops, few of whom speak English. Here, a Wellington Polytechnic tutor, Mexico-born Marta Compton, teaches them the Spanish for “Where is the sergeant?” Press, 14 October 1986, Page 37
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