Dewi A. Rais Abin

Thank you for printing on Sept. 21 a photograph of my husband and I on the occasion of the launching of my book Notes from Sinai: A Nostalgia on Sept. 20.

I would like to clarify that my husband, retired Lt.Gen. Rais Abin, is a former commander of the United Nations Emergency Force- Middle East. The force comprised seven contingents from seven countries: Canada, Finland, Sweden, Ghana, Indonesia, Australia and Poland. He was not the commander of the Indonesian contingent which you referred to as the Indonesian Peacekeeping Force. The Indonesian Peacekeeping Force was the Indonesian contingent usually called Batt. Garuda.

The Indonesian contingent was one among seven contingents of other countries which were assigned to the United Nations Emergency Force-Middle East. My husband happened to be force's commander.

DEWI A. RAIS ABIN

Jakarta