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The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund:


In planning and performing our audit of the financial  statements of Oppenheimer
International  Growth Fund for the year ended  November 30, 1998,  we considered
its internal  controls,  including  procedures for safeguarding  securities,  in
order to determine our auditing  procedures  for the purpose of  expressing  our
opinion on the financial  statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal controls.

The  management of  Oppenheimer  International  Growth Fund is  responsible  for
establishing   and   maintaining   internal   controls.   In   fulfilling   this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of internal control policies and procedures.
Two of the  objectives  of  internal  controls  are to provide  management  with
reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss
from unauthorized use or disposition and transactions are executed in accordance
with management's  authorization and recorded properly to permit  preparation of
financial   statements  in  conformity   with  generally   accepted   accounting
principles.

Because of inherent  limitations in internal controls,  errors or irregularities
may occur and not be detected.  Also,  projection of any  evaluation of internal
controls  to  future  periods  is  subject  to the risk  that  they  may  become
inadequate  because of changes in  conditions or that the  effectiveness  of the
design and operation may deteriorate.

Our  consideration  of internal  controls  would not  necessarily  disclose  all
matters in internal  controls that might be material  weaknesses under standards
established  by the  American  Institute  of  Certified  Public  Accountants.  A
material  weakness is a condition  in which the design or  operation of specific
internal  control  elements  does not reduce to a relatively  low level the risk
that errors or  irregularities  in amounts that would be material in relation to
the financial  statements  being audited may occur and not be detected  within a
timely  period by employees in the normal course of  performing  their  assigned
functions.  However, we noted no matters involving internal controls,  including
procedures  for  safeguarding  securities,  that we  consider  to be a  material
weakness as defined above as of November 30, 1998.

This  report is  intended  for the  information  and use of  management  and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and should not be used for any other purpose.




KPMG LLP


Denver, Colorado
December 21, 1998


     Return of Capital

     The Fund adjusts the  classification  of  distributions  to shareholders to
     reflect  the   differences   between   financial   statement   amounts  and
     distributions   determined  in  accordance  with  income  tax  regulations.
     Accordingly,  during the year ended  November 30,  1998,  amounts have been
     reclassified to reflect an increase in undistributed  net investment income
     of $1,657,375.  Accumulated  net realized gain on investments was decreased
     by the same amount.



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