F. Tillman Durdin

Frank Tillman Durdin (March 30, 1907 – July 7, 1998) was a longtime foreign correspondent for ''The New York Times''. During his career, Durdin reported on the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), the collapse of European colonial rule in Indo-China, and the emergence of the People's Republic of China. He was the first American journalist granted a visa to reenter China in 1971. Provided by Wikipedia