Dewi A. Rais Abin

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