United States Ambassador to Tanzania Nomination of Richard N. Fiefs.

The President today announced that he will nominate Richard N. Viets, of Hyde Park, Vt., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the United Republic of Tanzania. He would replace James Spain, who has transferred to another position.

Viets has been Deputy Chief of Mission in Tel Aviv since 1977.

He was born November 10, 1930, in Burlington, Vt. He received an A.B. from the University of Vermont in 1955. He served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952.

Viets was a public affairs assistant at the International Communication Agency (then USIA) from 1955 to 1957. He was assistant exhibit manager for the Department of Commerce from 1957 to 1960, and was with Mobil International Oil Co. from 1960 to 1962.

Viets joined the Foreign Service in 1962 and was posted in Tokyo, Madras, and New Delhi. From 1972 to 1973, he was an international relations officer at the State Department, and from 1973 to 1974, he was Director of the Executive Secretariat at State. From 1974 to 1977, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Bucharest.