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[Security Capital Real Estate Mutual Funds Incorporated Letterhead]
May 1, 2000
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:
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. 12 to Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A,
Amendment No. 14 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") electronically on April 28, 2000.
Very truly yours,
/s/ David T. Novick
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David T. Novick
Vice President and
Secretary
cc: H.R. Hallock, Jr.
