Armin Meyer, a former U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Iran and Japan, died Aug. 13 in Washington, the New York Times reported Sunday. He was 92.</PARAGRAPH> <PARAGRAPH>The cause of death was Parkinson's disease, the paper quoted his daughter, Kathleen White of Bethesda, Md., as saying.</PARAGRAPH> <PARAGRAPH>Meyer was ambassador to Lebanon from 1961 to 1965, Iran from 1965 to 1969 and Japan from 1969 to 1972.</PARAGRAPH> <PARAGRAPH>Meyer wrote in a profile of his diplomatic career that his time in Japan was particularly challenging because he faced the task of 'easing the shock of President –

Nixon's historic breakthrough to China," according to the paper.

Meyer also presided over negotiations leading to the return of Japanese sovereignty over the island of Okinawa, which had been under U.S. control since the end of World War II.