Nomination of Marshall Brement To Be Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations

The President announced today his intention to nominate Marshall Brement as Deputy Representative to the United Nations.

In 1979 Mr. Brement was a staff member with the National Security Council, responsible for U.S.S.R., Eastern Europe, and East-West relations. In 1978-79 he was political counselor with the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain. In 1977 he was with the RAND Corp.

From 1974 to 1976, he was political counselor with the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and was minister-counselor for public affairs with the U.S. Embassy in Saigon in 1973-74. From 1970 to 1973, he was counselor for public affairs with the U.S. Embassy in Djakarta. From 1967 to 1970, Mr. Brement was chief, political section, of the U.S. Embassy in Singapore.

In 1966 he was a National Institute of Public Affairs fellow at Stanford University. He served as second secretary with the U.S. Embassy in Moscow from 1964 to 1966. Mr. Brement was chief, internal political section, with the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong in 1961-63. In 1960-61 he was director of the press monitoring unit, U.S. Consulate General, in Hong Kong.

Mr. Brement in fluent in Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Indonesian, French, Spanish, and Hebrew. He was graduated from Brooklyn College (B.A., 1952) and the University of Maryland (M.A., 1955). He was in the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1954. Mr. Brement resides in Washington, D.C., and is 48 years old.