Hottelet, Richard C.

Richard Hottelet (1917-) was a foreign correspondent for the United Press in Berlin (1938-41). At the start of World War II he was arrested by the German secret police under suspicion of being a spy. After spending 5 months incarcerated, Hottelet was released during a U.S.-German prisoner exchange. Hired by Edward R. Murrow in 1944, on D-Day he aired the first eyewitness account of the seaborne invasion of Normandy and covered the Battle of the Bulge for CBS. His credentials include: US Office of War Information, Washington, London, North Africa, Italy 1941-43; war Correspondent for CBS News, European Theater, 1944-45; Berlin 1947; Washington and New York 1947-50; Berlin, Bonn, Central Europe 1950-57; Washington, New York radio and television anchor; United Nations correspondent, many foreign assignments,1960-1985; moderator, America and the World [Radio] for Council on Foreign Relations 1989-1995. From 2001 through 2005 he wrote commentary for the Christian Science Monitor. He guest lectured classes in the early 2000s at George Washington University, participated in the opening of the University's Media and Public Affairs Building in 2002, and appeared as a panelist on The Kalb Report forum series at The National Press Club.