Joseph Sisco, 85; Key Player in Kissinger’s Shuttle Diplomacy
LA Times
WASHINGTON Joseph Sisco, a diplomat who played a major role in former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East and whose career in the State Department spanned five presidential administrations, died Nov. 23 of complications from diabetes at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. He was 85. As a State Department negotiator, Sisco was involved in diplomatic hot spots that included Syria’s invasion of Jordan in 1970, the India-Pakistan war in 1971, and Egypt and Israel’s peace negotiations in 1974.
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