At the suggestion of the Governing Mayor Klaus Schütz, Gustav Heinemann also honoured Heinrich von der Becke (far left in the picture) and another 15 Berlin journalists with the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon. Among them were Bernt Conrad (WELT editorial staff), Dr Karl Heinz Brinkmann (Tagesspiegel), Claus Werner Caro (BZ), Harry Croner (photo journalist), Erich Grohmann (cameraman), Harald Karas (Abendschau), Herbert Koch and Dr Peter Pechel (SFB), Günter Linke (Deutschlandfunk) and Gabriele von Mirbach (dpa).