Bill Cole (television journalist and producer) explained

Bill Cole (1922-2006), was an American television journalist and producer, known for his work in assisting Soviet Russian dissidents.^[1]

Career

In 1968 Bill Cole moved with his family to Moscow to work as a foreign correspondent for CBS News.^[2] During his time there, he conducted secret interviews with Vladimir Bukovsky, Andrei Amalrik, and Pyotr Yakir, which were then smuggled out of the country and aired in 1970 in a CBS News special report, "Voices from the Soviet Underground."^[3]

In 1970, Cole was asked to leave the Soviet Union with no reason given.^[4]

In 1973, Cole was featured in the Soviet propaganda film denouncing Western journalists titled "Pautina."

Notes and References

1. News: Times . James F. Clarity Special to The New York . 1970-06-30 . Soviet Advises Correspondent For C.B.S. to Leave Country . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-03-17 . 0362-4331.
2. Web site: Rose-Marie Debecker Remembers Bill Cole . 2022-03-17 . SovietHistoryLessons . en.
3. Web site: 2014-05-09 . News in Brief, August 1970 (15.10) . 2022-03-17 . A Chronicle of Current Events . en.
4. Web site: Moscow / Reporter Expelled Vanderbilt Television News Archive . 2022-03-17 . tvnews.vanderbilt.edu.