Kammala wannan jumla: Ya shiga ITN a 1963 a matsayin wakilin kasashen waje. Shi ne ɗan jarida na ITN na farko da ya ba da rahoto game da Yaƙin Vietnam lokacin da sojojin Amurka suka sauka a ranar 8 ga Maris, 1965. Ya koma Vietnam sau da yawa har zuwa 1975 lokacin da
Saigon ya fadi kuma hukumomin kwaminisanci sun fitar da shi daga kasar. A wannan lokacin ya kuma ba da rahoto daga Cambodia, China, Afghanistan, da Afirka. Ya kuma rufe Yakin Rana shida a 1967 da Yom Kippur War a 1973. A shekara ta 1972 an kama shi tare da abokin aikinsa na Reuters Nicholas Moore a Uganda kuma an tsare shi tsawon kwanaki uku a sansanin 'yan sanda na Makindye. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan asali a kan "Labarai a Goma" a ranar 3 ga Yuli 1967 kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu gabatar da shi.