Talk:Shuttle diplomacy

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The George Lenczowski ref is apparently based on the following quote, which does not belong on the accompanying page, let alone as a block-quote within a footnote:

On November 5 Kissinger inaugurated the phase since known as "shuttle diplomacy" by traveling to Cairo, a trip followed by repeated visits to Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Russia.

It also does not establish that

The term "shuttle diplomacy" refers to a phase of diplomacy started by United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on November 5, 1973.

and i have restated what is relevant from it accordingly.
--Jerzy•t 07:55, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Originally and usually, the process entails successive travel ("