The World - News from Nov. 26, 1985
Terry Waite, the envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury, said he has made progress in his efforts to free kidnaped Americans in Lebanon but that the “situation is very dangerous and highly volatile.” Waite, who flew to New York to meet Presbyterian and Episcopal church leaders and U.S. officials, told a press conference there that he is willing to meet Kuwaiti officials to discuss the kidnapers’ demands. Members of the radical Islamic Jihad (Islamic Holy War) have said they will hold the Americans until Kuwait releases Shia Muslims convicted in bombings of the U.S. and French embassies.
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