SEC HEAD NOMINATED U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NETHERLANDS
President Reagan is to nominate John
Shad, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC,
as ambassador to the Netherlands, the White House said today.
    Shad, 63, a former executive with the Wall Street firm of
E.F. Hutton and Co., would succeed L. Paul Bremer, now the
State Department's chief counter-terrorism expert.
    The White House also said that Reagan will nominate career
diplomat Sol Polansky, 60, as ambassador to Bulgaria. Polansky
previously served in Moscow, Poland, East Germany, Austria and
other posts.
    The nominations are subject to Senate approval.
 Reuter
