Wilfred Burchett
Wilfred Burchett
Wilfred Graham Burchettwas an Australian journalist known for his reporting of conflicts in Asia and his Communist sympathies. He was the first foreign correspondent to enter Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped, and he attracted controversy for his activities during the Korean and Vietnam Wars...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth16 September 1911
CountryAustralia
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My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later.
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But the real anger was generated when the US military tried to cover up the effects of atomic radiation on civilians - and tried to shut me up.