On June 16, 1976, while Mr. Waring was the Counselor for Economic Affairs at the Beirut Embassy, the Ambassador, Francis E. Meloy, Jr. and him as a driver, were kidnapped and assassinated by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine as they crossed the Green Line, between Beirut's Christian and Muslim sectors, on their way to meet with President-elect Sarkis. On June 17 President Ford designated Ambassador L. Dean Brown as his Personal Representative to go to Damascus, Syria, to accompany the bodies of slain American officials to the United States. His current burial place is unknown.

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