The President today announced his intention to nominate John H. Holdridge to be an Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs).
Since 1978 Mr. Holdridge has served with the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1975-78 he was U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore. Mr. Holdridge was Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Liaison Office in Peking, in 1973-75. In 1969-73 he served as Director of the Office of Research Analysis (East Asia), Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State. He was Deputy Director of that office in 1966-68. Mr. Holdridge was chief, political section, Hong Kong, in 1962-69 and chief, political section, Office of Chinese Affairs, East Asia Bureau, in 1958-62.
He was graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (B.S., 1945). Mr. Holdridge resides in Bethesda, Md. He was born in New York City on August 24, 1924.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of John H. Holdridge To Be an Assistant Secretary of State Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246979