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[DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENT ADVISORS LETTERHEAD]
September 15,2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: THE DIVERSIFIED INVESTORS FUNDS GROUP
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM N-1A
(WITH RESPECT TO THE SHARES OF THE
STRATEGIC ALLOCATION SERIES)
(FILE NOS. 33-61810 AND 811-7674)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant hereby certifies that the form of the captioned statement of
additional information and prospectus that would have been filed by the
Registrant on behalf of the Funds pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the
effectiveness of post-effective amendment no. 18 to the Registrant's
registration statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-61810) ("the Amendment") would
not have differed from that contained in the Amendment, which is the most recent
amendment to such registration statement with respect to the Funds and was
filed electronically on September 11, 2000.
Please direct any comments or questions concerning this certificate to the
undersigned at (914) 697-8980.
Very truly yours,
Robert F. Colby
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Vice President &
General Counsel
