A very special thanks to Mr. Henry Adderley and Tony Cordeiro for the kind and considerate way they handled the reporting of my nightmare about arriving on your island and the rough treatment I received from your Customs personnel on July 11.

And a very, very special thanks to US Airways and to whomever extended the courtesy of issuing a free round-trip first class ticket to me for my return flight on the 12th even though no fault lay with them -- unbelievable! An interesting finale to this ugly episode, is that the gentleman who wheeled my chair on the 12th through Immigration started to bypass Customs so I reminded him and he said: "you're excused''.

Someone there must feel awfully guilty! BARBARA LITTLEJOHN Coral Beach and Tennis Club Paget