Warren Zimmermann, Last U.S. Ambassador To Yugoslavia, 69

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It was reported from Washington DC that Warren Zimmermann, the last
U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia before its breakup and civil war, died
Tuesday, February 3, 2004, of pancreatic cancer, at the age of 69.

Zimmermann, a career Foreign Service officer, was named ambassador to
Yugoslavia in 1989 where he led efforts to keep the nation together.
He resigned from the Foreign Service in 1994 over what he felt was
President Clinton's refusal to intervene forcefully in the Bosnia war.

Zimmermann served in several other overseas posts, including two
stints in Moscow during the Cold War, and was ambassador to the
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe from 1986 to 1989.

After leaving the Foreign Service, Zimmermann taught at the Johns
Hopkins School of International Affairs and Columbia University.

His books include "Origins of a Catastrophe," about his experiences in
Yugoslavia.