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Clarksburg native U.S. Ambassador Joseph S. Farland helped Secretary of State Henry Kissinger secretly travel to China via Pakistan
U.S. Ambassador Joseph Simpson Farland (August 11, 1914 - January 28, 2007) was born in Clarksburg.Farland was an only child. His father, Richard, was a bank teller and his mother, Grace, was a housewife. His grandfathers on both sides were coal o...
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