John A. Scali

John A. Scali
11th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office February 20, 1973 – June 29, 1975
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	George H. W. Bush
Succeeded by	Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Personal details
Born	John Alfred Scali April 27, 1918 Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Died	October 9, 1995(1995-10-09) (aged 77) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouses	Helen Glock ​ ​ (m. 1946; div. 1973)​ Denise St. Germain ​ (m. 1973)​
Alma mater	Boston University
Profession	Journalist

John Alfred Scali (April 27, 1918 – October 9, 1995) was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1973 to 1975. From 1961 he was also a long time correspondent for ABC News.

As a correspondent for ABC, Scali became an intermediary during the Cuban Missile Crisis and later a part of the Nixon Administration. Scali gained fame after it became known in 1964 that in October 1962, a year after he joined ABC News, he had carried a critical message from KGB Colonel Aleksandr Fomin (the cover name for Alexander Feklisov) to U.S. officials. He left ABC in 1971 to serve as a foreign affairs adviser to President Nixon, becoming U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in 1973. Scali re-joined ABC in 1975 where he worked until retiring in 1993.

Scali was contacted by Soviet embassy official (and KGB Station Chief) Fomin about a proposed settlement to the crisis, and subsequently he acted as a contact between Fomin and the Executive Committee. However, it was without government direction that Scali responded to new Soviet conditions with a warning that a U.S. invasion was only hours away, prompting the Soviets to settle the crisis quickly.

References

• Arlington National Cemetery biography