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Seward & Kissel
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, New York 10105
November 14, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Alliance Institutional Funds, Inc.
(File Nos. 333-37177 and 811-08403)
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Dear Sirs:
Transmitted herewith pursuant to Rule 497(j) under
the Securities Act of 1933 is certification that the
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information with
respect to the above referenced fund does not differ from
those filed in the most recent pre-effective amendment, the
text of which was filed electronically.
Very truly yours,
/s/ William E. Schwartz
00250237.AG2
