Letter to the Editor

The first issue of the RAND Review as the successor of the RAND Research Review commemorated 50 years of the corporation's activities in a variety of fields. Having been closely associated with RAND's research and projects in the politico-military field, particularly when I served with NATO in the 1960s and as ambassador to the United Nations in the 1980s, I cannot let RAND's 50th Anniversary pass without expressing my admiration for its multiple achievements.

The close links between my own government and RAND in the fields of water control, communications, and others are an additional source of satisfaction. Although by now removed from the circle of decisionmakers, I do wish to assure you that this continued cooperation is as welcome as the efforts concerning less peaceful phenomena were in the past.

Frans van Dongen
Former Ambassador of the Netherlands

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