Editing Terry Waite (section)

== Archbishop's special envoy ==
Waite returned to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1978, where he took a job with the [[British Council of Churches]]. In 1980, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], [[Robert Runcie]], appointed him the Archbishop of Canterbury's Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs on the recommendation of Tomkins and Bishop [[John Howe (bishop)|John Howe]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Waite|first=Terry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzJDCgAAQBAJ&dq=Assistant+for+Anglican+Communion+Affairs&pg=PT409|title=Taken on Trust|date=2016-09-08|publisher=John Murray Press|isbn=978-1-4736-2757-4|language=en}}</ref><ref name=pr80150>{{Cite web|url=https://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=80150|title=Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 80150|website=www.episcopalarchives.org|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref> Based at [[Lambeth Palace]], Waite again travelled extensively throughout the world and had a responsibility for the Archbishop's diplomatic and ecclesiastical exchanges.<ref name=pr80150/> He arranged and travelled with the Archbishop on the first ever visit of an Archbishop of Canterbury to China and had responsibility for travels to Australia, New Zealand, [[Burma]], the United States, Canada, [[the Caribbean]] and [[South Africa]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Waite|first=Terry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzJDCgAAQBAJ&dq=china&pg=PT43|title=Taken on Trust|date=2016-09-08|publisher=John Murray Press|isbn=978-1-4736-2757-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1981-12-21|title=AROUND THE WORLD; Anglican Prelate To Make a Visit to China|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/21/world/around-the-world-anglican-prelate-to-make-a-visit-to-china.html|access-date=2020-03-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

=== Hostage negotiator ===
In 1980, Waite successfully negotiated the release of several hostages in [[Iran]]: [[Iraj Mottahedeh]] (Anglican priest in Esfahan), Dimitri Bellos (diocesan officer), Nosrat Sharifian (Anglican priest in Kerman), Fazeli (church member), Jean Waddell (who was secretary to the Iranian Anglican bishop [[Hassan Dehqani-Tafti]]), Canon John Coleman and Coleman's wife.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Waite|first=Terry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzJDCgAAQBAJ&dq=Iraj+Mottahedeh&pg=PT436|title=Taken on Trust|date=2016-09-08|publisher=John Murray Press|isbn=978-1-4736-2757-4|language=en}}</ref> On 10 November 1984, he negotiated with [[Muammar Gaddafi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/celebrities/i-remember-terry-waite|title=I remember: Terry Waite - Reader's Digest|website=www.readersdigest.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref> for the release of the four remaining British hostages held in the [[Libyan Hostage Situation 1984|Libyan Hostage Situation]], Michael Berdinner, Alan Russell, Malcolm Anderson and [[Robin Plummer]] and was again successful.
[[File:Terry Waite Spec Envoy to Arbshp Canterbury.jpg|thumb|right|Terry Waite in 1985]]
From 1985, Waite became involved in hostage negotiation in [[Lebanon]] and assisted in negotiations which secured the release of [[Lawrence Jenco]] and David Jacobsen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/20b8c8b815e57151938e911b1ee0fb4e|title=Lawrence Jenco, Roman Catholic Priest Held Hostage in Lebanon|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref> American officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the [[Ruhollah Khomeini|Khomeini]] government of Iran with a view to obtaining Iranian help in the release of hostages held in Lebanon. Waite's use of an American helicopter to travel secretly between Cyprus and Lebanon and his appearance with Lt Colonel [[Oliver North]], meant that he was compromised when the [[Irangate]] scandal broke in 1986. Against advice, Waite felt a need to demonstrate his continuing trust and integrity, and his commitment to the remaining hostages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/runcie-considered-sacking-waite-before-hostage-trip-1558243.html|title=Runcie 'considered sacking Waite before hostage trip'|last=Cohen|first=Nick|author-link=Nick Cohen|date=19 October 1992|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>

=== Captivity and release ===
Waite arrived in Beirut on 12 January 1987 with the intention of negotiating with the [[Islamic Jihad Organization]], which was holding hostages, including [[Terry A. Anderson]] and [[Thomas Sutherland (academic)|Thomas Sutherland]].<ref>Terry Waite. ''Taken on Trust''. Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. p. 3,. {{ISBN|978-0-340-62452-4}}.</ref> On 20 January, he agreed to meet the captors of the hostages as he was promised safe conduct to visit the hostages, who, he was told, were ill. The group broke trust and took him hostage.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ap|date=1987-02-01|title=Abductors in Beirut Demand That Israel Free 400 Prisoners|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/01/world/abductors-in-beirut-demand-that-israel-free-400-prisoners.html|access-date=2020-03-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/18/newsid_2520000/2520055.stm|title=1991: Church envoy Waite freed in Beirut|date=1991-11-18|access-date=2020-03-13|language=en-GB}}</ref> Waite remained in captivity for 1,763 days, the first four years of which were spent in [[solitary confinement]]. He was released on 18 November 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/24-november/news/uk/from-the-archive-bells-ring-nationwide-to-welcome-terry-waite|title=From the archive: Bells ring nationwide to welcome Terry Waite|website=www.churchtimes.co.uk|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>