Terry Waite release

Title

Terry Waite release

Genre

Interview; Press conference; News bulletin

TX Date

18 Nov 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:12

Description

21:00 IRN news bulletin read by Iain Ramage focusing on the release by his kidnappers of Church of England envoy, Terry Waite, following his abduction in Beirut, Lebanon in 1987. American hostage Tom Sutherland has also been freed. Includes extract from a news conference in Damascus, Syria, featuring Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland; interview with Waite’s aunt, Ada Waite; press statement by Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey.

Contributors

George Carey; Terry Waite; Iain Ramage; Ada Waite; Thomas Sutherland

Keywords

Church of England; Lebanon; Beirut; Hostages; Diplomats; Abduction; Terry Waite; Tom Sutherland

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