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| + | In 1969, as US ambassador to the Netherlands, Middendorf gifted a moon rock to former PM [[Willem Drees]]. The rock ended up in the [[Rijksmuseum]] in [[Amsterdam]]. In 2009, it was exposed that the object, which is roughly the size of a matchbox was "nothing but petrified wood hardly worth 50 euros". The US space agency [[NASA]] gifted pieces of the alleged moon rock to several countries.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-08-29/us-gave-fake-moon-rock-to-dutch-museum/1409064</ref> | ||
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 J. William Middendorf    (diplomat) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1924-09-22 Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross, Harvard College | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Institute of World Politics, International Republican Institute/Board and Staff | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Activities
In 1969, as US ambassador to the Netherlands, Middendorf gifted a moon rock to former PM Willem Drees. The rock ended up in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In 2009, it was exposed that the object, which is roughly the size of a matchbox was "nothing but petrified wood hardly worth 50 euros". The US space agency NASA gifted pieces of the alleged moon rock to several countries.[1]
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