Peter Millar
Erdmute Greis-Behrendt
Wednesday 24 August 2011
During the Cold War, with Berlin divided by the Wall and Germany split by Communist barbed wire fences, land mines, and armed border guards in watch towers, East Germans very rarely had a chance to visit the West. Reuters, the only Western news organisation with a resident correspondent based in East Berlin, managed to extract permission from the GDR authorities for Miss B to travel to London for a short visit to HQ in Fleet Street. Not once, but twice. Erdmute much appreciated the gesture as it reflected the high regard in which she was held by Editorial, borne out by the tributes already paid by former correspondents who worked with her in the cramped, bugged quarters of an office flat in Schoenhauser Allee (see Peter Millar's book on the downfall of the Wall ● 1989 The Berlin Wall: My Part in its Downfall).
Manfred Pagel
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Manfred Pagel
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Secrets of Berlin
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Re: James Forrester's otherwise excellent piece on Peter Millar and the latter's "blonde" East Berlin cleaner [● Peter Millar spills the beans on secrets of Berlin].
Peter, I don't know whether this will come to you as a relief or a disappointment. She wasn't a real blonde ...
Phil Davison
Reuter correspondent, East Berlin, 1976 (and never head of ITN – at least not so far)
Peter, I don't know whether this will come to you as a relief or a disappointment. She wasn't a real blonde ...
Phil Davison
Reuter correspondent, East Berlin, 1976 (and never head of ITN – at least not so far)
Peter Millar
Friday 19 February 2010
The Financial Times recently published on its letters page a homage to lounge bars with their once plush carpets, odours of stale beer and cigarettes which were conducive to intellectual debate and solving the world's problems. Glad to see that appearing in the file picture to illustrate the letter's argument was none other than Peter Millar with his trademark ringlets, propping up a bar, clutching a half consumed pint and holding forth. Neither the drinker nor the pub were identified but clearly Peter is a well used file picture on this subject. I wonder why...
Peter Millership
● Letter to the Financial Times
The latest book by Peter Millar, Reuters correspondent from 1977 to 1985, is 1989: The Berlin Wall: My Part in its Downfall, published in 2009. He will be guest speaker at the next meeting of The Reuter Society on Thursday 4 March - Ed.
● Peter Millar’s books
Peter Millership
● Letter to the Financial Times
The latest book by Peter Millar, Reuters correspondent from 1977 to 1985, is 1989: The Berlin Wall: My Part in its Downfall, published in 2009. He will be guest speaker at the next meeting of The Reuter Society on Thursday 4 March - Ed.
● Peter Millar’s books
Book launch
Wednesday 23 September 2009
This is a last ditch attempt to trace a load of old Reuters hacks from the late 70s through the mid 80s to invite them (and others) to the launch party for my new book - 1989: The Berlin Wall (My Part in its Downfall) - to be held at the Frontline Club near Paddington on Thursday 1 October.
Chapter 2 is dedicated to my Reuters training bringing back such great names as George Short - and citing the Short Lunches - and later chapters to my time for the Baron in East Berlin and Moscow.
Peter Millar
Chapter 2 is dedicated to my Reuters training bringing back such great names as George Short - and citing the Short Lunches - and later chapters to my time for the Baron in East Berlin and Moscow.
Peter Millar
