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On Sunday, April 1, 1945, Gilead graduates Lennart and Virginia Johnson arrived in Ciudad Trujillo (now Santo Domingo), the capital of the Dominican Republic, as the first Witnesses in the country... Four more missionaries arrived early in June 1945, and soon they had placed a considerable amount of literature and had started many Bible studies....In March 1946, Nathan Knorr and Frederick Franz from world headquarters visited the Dominican Republic. There was much anticipation for the visit, and in addition to the brothers, 75 interested people attended a talk given by Brother Knorr. During the visit, Brother Knorr made arrangements to establish a branch office in the Dominican Republic.<ref>Jehovah's Witnesses, "Dominican Republic", https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/2015-yearbook/history/discovery-begins/, accessed 4 March 2020. | On Sunday, April 1, 1945, Gilead graduates Lennart and Virginia Johnson arrived in Ciudad Trujillo (now Santo Domingo), the capital of the Dominican Republic, as the first Witnesses in the country... Four more missionaries arrived early in June 1945, and soon they had placed a considerable amount of literature and had started many Bible studies....In March 1946, Nathan Knorr and Frederick Franz from world headquarters visited the Dominican Republic. There was much anticipation for the visit, and in addition to the brothers, 75 interested people attended a talk given by Brother Knorr. During the visit, Brother Knorr made arrangements to establish a branch office in the Dominican Republic.<ref>Jehovah's Witnesses, "Dominican Republic", https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/2015-yearbook/history/discovery-begins/, accessed 4 March 2020.</ref> | ||
='''Seventh-day Adventist Church Records'''= | ='''Seventh-day Adventist Church Records'''= | ||