Ex-NSC Aide Picked as Envoy to Moscow
President Reagan on Friday nominated Jack F. Matlock Jr., one of his top advisers on East-West affairs and a Russian language scholar, as ambassador to the Soviet Union.
Matlock, 57, is a career Foreign Service officer who, until returning to the State Department late last year, was the chief Soviet specialist on the National Security Council.
Matlock, whose nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, would replace Arthur A. Hartman, who stepped down as envoy to Moscow after serving through most of the Reagan Administration.
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