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Thomas J. Watson Jr. (1914–1993)
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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Connecticut
State of Residence: Connecticut
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: October 10, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: October 29, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 15, 1981- Commissioned to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.