Word: envoy
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...much farther than Beirut. That is the stronghold of the Hizballah, or Party of God, terrorists who revere Khomeini. Acting under such names as the Islamic Jihad and the Revolutionary Justice Organization, the Hizballah is suspected of holding most of the 24 foreign hostages, including nine Americans and Anglican Envoy Terry Waite, who are missing in Lebanon. As the Iran-contra hearings showed, Reagan's arms sales to Iran were designed primarily to pry Americans from Hizballah's grasp. The deals apparently did secure the release of three Americans -- though four more were subsequently kidnaped -- just as French contacts with...
Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent of The Associated Press, was abducted March 16, 1985, and is the longest-held of 26 foreigners missing in Lebanon. The foreigners include Terry Waite, an Anglican Church envoy who dropped from sight Jan. 20 after leaving his Beirut hotel to negotiate with kidnappers...
...regime as something of a pariah because of Syria's support of international terrorism. Now, however, the Administration professes to be encouraged by Assad's efforts to shed that reputation. Following a letter to Assad from President Reagan last month, the White House announced it will soon send an envoy to Damascus to explore ways of improving relations...
...Washington, White House officials disclosed last week that Syrian President Hafez Assad had accepted a written proposal from President Reagan for high-level talks on a variety of issues. The U.S. envoy to Damascus is likely to be Ambassador to the United Nations Vernon Walters...
...small item appeared in the London Daily Telegraph on June 1: "The family and friends of Mr. Terry Waite, the Archbishop of Canterbury's envoy, missing in Lebanon, said special prayers to mark his 48th birthday yesterday." Prayers were among the few words being spoken about the fate of Waite and the 22 other foreign hostages in Beirut. In Western capitals, officials were closemouthed. British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe did say, however, that there is no reason to believe Waite is "not still alive...