Kammala wannan magana: An cire Brook-Shepherd daga aiki a 1948, ya koma Ingila, kuma ya sami aiki tare da Daily Telegraph. Sa'ad da 'yan Kwaminis suka kama mulki a Czechoslovakia bayan 'yan kwanaki, jaridar Telegraph ta aika da shi zuwa Turai. Ya shafe lokaci a
Berlin, sannan ya koma Vienna, cibiyar ayyukan leken asiri a lokacin. An aika shi zuwa ofisoshin da yawa a cikin ƙasashen makwabta na Gabas ta Gabas; mafi mahimmanci, yana bayar da rahoto daga Budapest a lokacin tashin hankalin Hungary na Oktoba 1956.