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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
Metropolitan West Funds:
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of the
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund and the Metropolitan West Low
Duration Bond Fund (collectively the "Funds") for the year ended March 31,
1998 (on which we have issued our report dated May 13, 1998), we
considered its 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, and not to provide assurance
on the Funds' 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 any internal control, errors or fraud
may occur and may 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 the Funds' 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 errors 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 the Funds' internal control and its operation,
including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be
material weaknesses as defined above as of March 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management,
the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund and
the Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund, and the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Los Angeles, California
May 13, 1998
