JP MORGAN SERIES TRUST
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SIGNATURE   RICHARD W. INGRAM                            
TITLE       TREASURER           
 

WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

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This schedule contains summary financial data extracted from the annual report
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qualified in its entirety by reference to such annual report.
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                        Report of Independent Accountants


To the Shareholders and Trustees of
J.P. Morgan Tax Aware U.S. Equity Fund
J.P. Morgan Institutional Tax Aware Disciplined Equity Fund and
J.P. Morgan Global 50 Fund



In planning and performing our audit of the financial  statements of J.P. Morgan
Tax Aware U.S. Equity Fund and J.P. Morgan  Institutional  Tax Aware Disciplined
Equity Fund for the year ended October 31, 1998, and J.P.  Morgan Global 50 Fund
(the "Funds") for the period May 29, 1998  (commencement of operations)  through
October 31, 1998,  we  considered  their  internal  control,  including  control
activities  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 control.

The  management of the Funds is responsible  for  establishing  and  maintaining
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility,  estimates and judgments by
management  are  required to assess the expected  benefits and related  costs of
controls.  Generally,  controls  that are  relevant  to an audit  pertain to the
entity's objective of preparing financial  statements for external purposes that
are  fairly   presented  in  conformity  with  generally   accepted   accounting
principles.   Those  controls   include  the   safeguarding  of  assets  against
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.

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

Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all matters
in  internal   control  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 one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk  that  misstatements  caused  by error or fraud 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  control  and  its  operation,   including  controls  for  safeguarding
securities,  that we consider to be material  weaknesses  as defined above as of
October 31, 1998.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Trustees of the Funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
December 17, 1998



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