1. Malcolm Toon was an American diplomat who served as a Foreign Service Officer in Moscow in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, during the Cold War, ultimately becoming the ambassador to the Soviet Union.
10 Facts About Malcolm Toon
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Malcolm Toon served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946.
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Malcolm Toon died at a hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina on February 12,2009, aged 92.
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Malcolm Toon's death was reported in local media at the time, but was not reported nationally, despite his prominence as a diplomat.
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In 1965, Malcolm Toon had become the US embassy's third-ranking official when the Russians made accusations that was running a spy ring, which were officially denied, and he was not expelled.
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Malcolm Toon then became the head of the State Department's Soviet Affairs office.
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Malcolm Toon was the ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1971, Yugoslavia from 1971 to 1975, Israel from 1975 to 1976, and the Soviet Union from 1977 to 1979.
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Malcolm Toon participated in SALT II talks from 1977 to 1979 and the American-Soviet Summit in Vienna in 1979.
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At the summit, Malcolm Toon learned that President Jimmy Carter had chosen Thomas Watson Jr.
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Secretary of State Cyrus Vance then negotiated SALT II with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin without Malcolm Toon, causing an upset Malcolm Toon to publicly question the agreement's verification procedure.