Siemon-Netto began his journalism career 1956 as a trainee at '' Westfalenpost '' , a large regional newspaper in southern Westphalia . In 1958 , he joined the Associated Press in Frankfurt first as copy editor , then as slot editor and roving reporter , covering , among other things , the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 . From 1962 to 1969 , he worked as a correspondent for Springer Foreign News Service in London , Paris , New York , Vietnam , the Middle East and Hong Kong . His assignments included the United Nations , the U.S. civil rights movement , the assassination of President John F. Kennedy , the Vietnam War ( over a period of five years ) , the Arab – Israeli Six-Day War , and China 's Cultural Revolution . From 1969 to 1973 , Siemon-Netto was North American correspondent for the magazine , '' Der Stern '' , writing about many major news events in North , Central , and South America , and in East Asia , France , and again Vietnam
assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Uwe Siemon-Netto