NUVEEN FLAGSHIP MULTISTATE TRUST II
NSAR-B, 2000-04-25
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SIGNATURE   STEPHEN D. FOY
TITLE       V.P. &  CONTROLLER



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N-SAR and the financial statements and is qualified in its entirety by
references to such documents.
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