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[LETTERHEAD OF MAYER, BROWN & PLATT]
August 21, 1998
EDGAR FILING
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Security Capital Real Estate Mutual Funds Incorporated
(File Nos. 333-20649 and 811-8033)
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Dear Sir or Madam:
Transmitted herewith pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended ("1933 Act"), is a certification of the above-referenced
Registrant, that the prospectus and statement of additional information that
would have been filed under Rule 497(c) of the 1993 Act would not have differed
from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registrant's
registration statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act filed electronically with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 1998.
Please contact Kathy Kresch Ingber at (202) 955-0820 or the undersigned at
the above-referenced number with any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
/s/ Diane E. Ambler
Diane E. Ambler
cc: H.R. Hallock, Jr. (w/related transmission)
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[LETTERHEAD OF SECURITY CAPITAL REAL ESTATE MUTUAL FUNDS APPEARS HERE]
August 21, 1998
EDGAR FILING
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Security Capital Real Estate Mutual Funds Incorporated
(File Nos. 333-20649 and 811-8033)
Dear Sir/Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of Regulation C under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended ("1933 Act"), this letter serves to certify that the prospectus
and statement of additional information that would have been filed pursuant to
Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act, would not have differed from that contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registrant's registration statement on
Form N-1A, Amendment No. 11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission electronically on August 19, 1998,
which became effective immediately upon filing.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Anthony R. Manno Jr.
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Anthony R. Manno Jr.
Chairman, Managing Director and President
cc: H.R. Hallock, Jr.
