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...EXTRAORDINARY ENVOY GIVEN THE SENSITIVITY OF THE MISSION AND THE STRONG POSSIBILITY OF YET ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT, TERRY WAITE KNEW MORE THAN HE WAS TELLING LAST FRIDAY MORNING WHEN HE CALLED THE BEIRUT OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. "SIMPLY, I'M HERE," HE ANNOUNCED. "SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN. NOTHING HARD YET, BUT IT'S MOVING." WITH A CHARACTERISTIC MIX OF BRAVADO AND DISCRETION, HE ADDED, "IT APPEARS TO BE MOVING. YOU KEEP AN EYE, JUST KEEP AN EYE. BYE-BYE FOR NOW." THEN...
With that, Terry Waite reaffirmed his credentials as an extraordinary envoy. During his six years as the special emissary of Robert Runcie, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Waite has gained a reputation for being one of the world's top troubleshooters. His first successful mediation effort came in 1981 when he traveled to Tehran and secured the release of four Britons being held by Iranian authorities. Three years later he again intervened for Brit ain, this time in Libya, where four British citizens had been jailed, unwitting pawns in an ugly political duel between the governments in London and Tripoli. Following...
...nickname of the "Anglican Henry Kissinger." Last November and December he visited Lebanon three times to negotiate for the release of four American hostages held by Muslim extremists. Waite was in Jordan last July when one of them, Father Lawrence Jenco, was released, leading to speculation that the stocky envoy had once again had a hand in the affair. But Waite's appeals on behalf of two French captives and the remaining U.S. hostages, whose number in recent months has grown to seven, went unheeded. Hence it was hardly surprising that Waite was back in Beirut last week, once again...
...Archbishop of Canterbury. While the job description called for someone who could handle mail and maintain links between the Archbishop and his 70 million-strong Anglican following around the world, Waite was not cut out for a desk job. The towering 6-ft. 7-in., 250-lb. envoy seems unable to sit still for long. He loves to travel, an addiction that makes him well suited for his dangerous missions but ill suited for routine administrative duties...
More than wanderlust, however, makes Waite the right man to carry out diplomatic chores for Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence. The intrepid envoy has the right temperament for nail-biting assignments. Last November, when he was pinned down by gunfire in the A.P. office in Beirut, he displayed characteristic good humor. At one point he broke the tension with the announcement that he would take a shower. "If you / can't do anything else," he said, "you might as well make use of the time...